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Selected Chamber Excerpts for Clarinet Taken from the Repertoire of the Mixed Wind Quintet

Specht, Barbara A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1393193121

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1996, Doctor of Musical Arts, Ohio State University, Music.
The purpose of this document is to provide the reader with a selection of excerpts of important clarinet material from the woodwind quintet literature. The wind quintet is a primary performance ensemble at many levels. The literature spans from works playable by young students to the most difficult and virtuosic works in any repertoire. Although several books of orchestral excerpts are available for practice, the problem of learning the difficult and important clarinet parts from the woodwind quintet literature has yet to be addressed. As with the orchestra parts, it is not practical to own full scores to this literature. These excerpts have been compiled with brief historical information and performance annotations. The instrumentation of the mixed wind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn) has remained standard since the middle of the eighteenth century. During the latter part of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth, nearly 70 wind quintets were produced. Although there was little wind chamber music written during the late 1800s, there has been a renaissance of quintet writing during the twentieth century. Beginning with the neo-classic quintets of Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), Irving Fine (1914-1962) and Alvin Etler (1913-1973), major and minor composers have been writing music for this standard ensemble. The expansion of public school music has also contributed to the number of compositions written for this genre. The educational value of rehearsing and performing in small groups is apparent and is promoted by music teachers. At the college and university level, many schools include woodwind quintets in their faculty performing groups. These ensembles are not only maintained for the purpose of performing on campus, but are also one of the most effective means of woodwind recruiting in the junior and senior high schools. They provide a model for student chamber groups and often commission new works or at least perform the newest literature available. In summary, the woodwind quintet is important to anyone who plays one of the five included instruments. It is the one of the most significant and widely utilized wind chamber music genres. Literature for this excerpt book was chosen primarily with two considerations. First, the work had to be considered a standard, and second, it should be frequently performed. Sources consulted to determine these two criteria include the programs of the Fischoff International Chamber Music Competition and other collections of performance literature. The important clarinet material was chosen with two considerations: (a) the interest of the excerpt, and (b) the difficulty level of the passage. Although some of the excerpts are lengthy with large amounts of difficult music, there are also works included that are playable by high-school students. Information presented about each of the quintets includes, but is not limited to, historical information, publisher's information, performance time, the suitability of the work for different audiences and the role of the clarinet in each musical passage.
James Pyne (Advisor)
Judith Delzell (Committee Member)
James Hill (Committee Member)
Robert Sorton (Committee Member)
165 p.
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  • Specht, B. A. (1996). Selected Chamber Excerpts for Clarinet Taken from the Repertoire of the Mixed Wind Quintet [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1393193121

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Specht, Barbara. Selected Chamber Excerpts for Clarinet Taken from the Repertoire of the Mixed Wind Quintet. 1996. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1393193121.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Specht, Barbara. "Selected Chamber Excerpts for Clarinet Taken from the Repertoire of the Mixed Wind Quintet." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 1996. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1393193121

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