Bagatelles is a work for two Bb Clarinets composed in 1965 by John McCabe. There are eight in total each lasting around a minute: Con fuoco ma non troppo allegro - Andante - Allegro giocoso - Fugatississimo - Adagio - Bossa Nova - Crescendo - Fantasy.John McCabe (1939-2015) was a British composer pianist and music administrator. He studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music (now the RNCM) and built a career as a virtuoso pianist. However he also wrote several hundred musical compositions ranging from large-scale orchestral works to chamber music and solo instrumental pieces - it is said the only classical genrehe did not write for was opera. He also held positions at numerous educational institutions across the UK Australia and the United States.
