Once again the little band struck up a march, which was very little more than a rhythmic snarling and booming of the drums, with now and then the shrill savage cry of the clarinet stabbing the general dim.
I think it was the cornet that won, with the clarinet a close second.
The first clarinet was a barber, who habitually shaved Rossini.
The clarinet was not invented until the end of the seventeenth century, and was not recognised until long afterwards, even in Germany, as an orchestral instrument.
Harps, flutes, violins, a recitative of bass clarinet and two clarinets lead to the episode of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo.
How he treated the clarinet solo in the trio of the menuetto, and the winding of the rondo?
My clarinet enables me to live in the humble manner I have always done.
Be off with you, you vagabond, and blow yourclarinet elsewhere.
Your clarinet will sound well in the free fresh air, and you will find those there who will gladly listen.
It must then be understood that the instrument in C speaks an octave lower, the bass clarinet in Bb a major ninth and the bass clarinet in A a minor tenth lower.
The origin of the bass clarinet must be sought in Germany, where Heinrich Grenser of Dresden, one of the most famous instrument-makers of his day, made the first bass clarinet in 1793.
The compass of the modern orchestral bass clarinet is in the main the same as that of the higher clarinets in C, Bb and A, but an octave lower, and therefore for the bass clarinet in C is [Notation: E2 B5.
The quality of tone is less reedy in the bass clarinetthan in the higher instruments.
The Streitwolf bassclarinet was adopted in 1834 by the Prussian infantry as bass to the wood-wind.
The archetypes of the basset horn are the same as those of the clarinet (q.
This is exactly how a performer on a modern clarinet or oboe produces the higher harmonics of the instrument.
There is, however, no difficulty in accepting the probability that a single beating reed or clarinet mouthpiece was used by the Greeks, since the ancient Egyptians used it with the as-it or arghoul (q.
Since then I have learned that there is a place for everything good in its way; but the clarinet solo seemed out of place in the classical atmosphere of a symphony concert.
There exist six pages of a draft score of the first movement, composed much earlier for the basset-horn, in G major, and available for the clarinet with a few alterations in the deeper notes.
Far more important both as to compass and substance is the concerto forclarinet in A major (622 K.
The deeper tones of the clarinet are not used, out of consideration to the viola; its full liquid tones are particularly well adapted for the delivery of the melody.
It was to be expected that Mozart, who was the first to do justice to the capabilities of the clarinet as a solo instrument, would deal with it with peculiar partiality; the more so, as he had so distinguished a performer to work for.
She was considered an excellent pianiste, and one of Mozart's best pupils; he wrote the trio with clarinet and tenor (498 K.
I suppose it's like the pressure of public opinion or of one's family," she said, her soft clarinet tones pouring balm on his feelings.
He was profoundly stirred by the magic of Janet's genuineness, and her rich, clarinet tones lingered disturbingly in his mind.
Nightingales were singing; from a pond close by came the sound of croaking frogs; ever and anon the song of a boatman on the Neva broke the stillness, or the distant sound of a violin or clarinet in an inn, or the howl of a chained-up dog.
Then again the song of nightingales, the croak of frogs, sounds of clarinet and passing-bell.
Though the phrases that he has written for bassoon or clarinet might imaginably be executed by other instruments, the music would perish utterly in the substitution.
The rustling of the leaves is again heard and the theme of the Forest Bird comes in by way of the oboe, flute, clarinet and other wood winds.
Think of that old duet forClarinet and Corno di Bassetto coming to the surface again!
The number of violins will be slightly increased (from sixteen to eighteen), and a bass clarinet has been purchased.
The Clarinet Trio appears to us one of the least convincing of Brahms' works, and this in spite of the fact that it bears its composer's name writ large on every page.
The Clarinet Trio and Quintet and three books of short Pianoforte Pieces, Op.
After the completion of the Clarinet Quintet and Trio in 1892, Brahms allowed his mind the refreshment of change of work.
The sequel was the composition by Brahms, during his annual residence at Ischl, of a trio for pianoforte, clarinet, and violoncello and a quintet for clarinet and strings.
I had taken in a practice piece scored for wood-wind and horn, including bass clarinet and contra-fagott.
And that perfect effect of the bird-voice in the Waldweben, singing in the clarinet above the strings, while the horn note, pianissimo, gives that poignant touch of color which only the brain of a master could conceive.
The ideas on which I had written the part for bass clarinet were suggested by that bit for the instrument in the third act of "Siegfried" where Bruennhilde is wakened by the all-powerful kiss.
I should think the clarinet players would be in their element, there are so many lovely bits for that instrument.
Pibcorn or Horn-pipe] The next class of wind-instrument is that of which the clarinet is the modern representative.
The gases, they say, will destroy a man's lungs, but I worked all day in the mills and had wind enough left to toot a clarinet in the band.
There is also an alto clarinet and a bass clarinet (Plate VIII.
Every symphony and overture contains passages for the clarinet which serve to display its characteristics.
The low and middle range of the piccolo and small clarinet correspond to the same register in the normal flute and clarinet, but the tone is so much weaker that it is of little service in those regions.
As a rule the first flute, first oboe, first clarinet and first bassoon never change instruments; considering the importance of their parts it is not advisable for them to turn from one mouth-piece to another.
Footnote 15: In the full score a misprint occurs in the clarinet part; it is corrected in the example.
The gloomy character of the clarinetprevails in the lower register, the sickly quality of the bassoon in the higher.
If this rule is ignored an unnatural effect will be produced, as when the clarinet in its upper range replies to the oboe in the lower compass etc.
Flutes and clarinets are the most flexible wood-wind instruments (the flutes in particular), but for expressive power and subtlety in nuances the clarinet supersedes them; this instrument can reduce volume of tone to a mere breath.
Thus the piccolo will be doubled by the flute, oboe or clarinet an octave lower; the double bassoon will be doubled by bassoon, clarinet or bass clarinet an octave higher.
Cantabile phrase, transmitted to the flute and clarinet (cf.
On account of its construction the clarinet is not well adapted to sudden leaps from one octave to another; these skips are easier on flutes, oboes and bassoons.
The following remarks illustrate the characteristics, timbre, and employment of special instruments: The duty of the piccolo and small clarinet is, principally, to extend the range of the ordinary flute and clarinet in the high register.
The small clarinet in its highest register is more penetrating than the ordinary clarinet.
The third and last of his Warsaw concerts was to be of a more perfect type than the two preceding ones; it was to be one "without those unlucky clarinet and bassoon solos," at that time still so much in vogue.
It was at the same theatre where her uncle--who was also now a poor man--played a clarinet for a living; and Fanny left the Marshalsea and went to live with him.
