Encyclopedia - Clarinet: Encyclopedia - Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clarinet: Encyclopedia Ii - Clarinet - Usage And Repertoire Of The Clarinet
Clarinet - Classical music. In classical music, clarinets are part of standard orchestral instrumentation, which frequently includes tw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clarinet: Encyclopedia Ii - Clarinet - Characteristics Of The Instrument
Clarinet - Tone. The clarinet has a distinctive liquid tone, resulting from the shape of the bore, whose characteristics vary between i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contrabass Clarinet: Encyclopedia - Contrabass Clarinet
The contrabass clarinet is the largest common member of the clarinet family. It is a Bb; instrument, although the Eb; contra-alto clarine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contra-alto Clarinet: Encyclopedia - Contra-alto Clarinet
The contra-alto clarinet is a large, low-sounding musical instrument of the clarinet family. The contra-alto clarinet is pitched in the k...   » Read the article

Article - Buddy Defranco
Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (born February 17, 1923 in Camden, New Jersey) is a jazz clarinet player. DeFranco had the ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alto Clarinet: Encyclopedia - Alto Clarinet
The alto clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. It is a transposing instrument usually pitched in the key of Eâ™­, thou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bass Clarinet: Encyclopedia - Bass Clarinet
The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like standard clarinets, it is usually pitched in B flat (meaning it is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clarinet: Encyclopedia Ii - Clarinet - History
The clarinet started life as a small instrument called the chalumeau. Not much is known about this instrument, but it may have evolved fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bass Clarinet: Encyclopedia Ii - Bass Clarinet - Bass Clarinet In Jazz
While the bass clarinet was seldom heard in early jazz compositions, a bass clarinet solo by Omer Simeon can be heard in the 1926 recordi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clarinet Concerto: Encyclopedia - Clarinet Concerto
A clarinet concerto is a concerto for clarinet and orchestra. Clarinet concerto - Famous clarinet concertos. Malcolm Arnold's Clarinet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clarinet Sonata: Encyclopedia - Clarinet Sonata
A clarinet sonata is a sonata for the clarinet, often with piano accompaniment. Clarinet Sonata - Famous Clarinet Sonatas. This list i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chalumeau: Encyclopedia - Chalumeau
The chalumeau is a wind instrument believed to have been invented in the late 17th century by Johann Christoph Denner, and the immediate ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albert System: Encyclopedia - Albert System
The Albert system was the system of clarinet keywork developed by Albert. It is still on clarinets used for Albanian folk music (as well ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anton Stadler: Encyclopedia - Anton Stadler
Anton Stadler (1753 - 1812) was a clarinet and basset horn player for whom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote both his Quintet for Clarinet an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddy Defranco: Encyclopedia - Buddy Defranco
Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (born February 17, 1923 in Camden, New Jersey) is a jazz clarinet player. DeFranco had the ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basset-horn: Encyclopedia - Basset-horn
The basset horn is a musical instrument, a member of the clarinet family. Like the clarinet, the instrument is a wind instrument with a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Uhl: Encyclopedia - Alfred Uhl
Alfred Uhl was an Austrian composer, living from 1909 to 1993 who wrote extensively for clarinet with educational material and works that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clarinet Concerto Mozart: Encyclopedia - Clarinet Concerto Mozart
Mozart's Clarinet concerto in A major, K. 622 was written in 1791 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler. It consists of the usual three movem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boehm System: Encyclopedia - Boehm System
The Boehm System is a system of fingerings, created by inventor and flautist Theobald Boehm in the 1830s which was originally used on the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violin Sonata: Encyclopedia - Violin Sonata
A violin sonata is a musical composition for solo violin, often (but not always) accompanied by a piano or other keyboard instrument, or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wind Quintet: Encyclopedia - Wind Quintet
A wind quintet, also sometimes known as a woodwind quintet, is a group of five wind players (most commonly flute, oboe, clarinet, horn an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violin Concerto: Encyclopedia - Violin Concerto
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble, customarily orchestra. Suc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1690: Encyclopedia - 1690
1690 - Events. January 6 - Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I becomes King of the Romans January 14 - The clarinet is invented in Nuremb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aulos: Encyclopedia - Aulos
Image:Satyr aulos.maenad.jpg The ancient Greek aulos, often mistranslated as "flute", was a double-piped reed instrument. Archeological f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archie Shepp: Encyclopedia - Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp is an American jazz saxophonist. Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 24, 1937, but raised in Philadelphia, Pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Choro: Encyclopedia - Choro
Choro, also called chorinho, is a Brazilian popular music style. Its origins are in 19th century Rio de Janeiro. Originally choro was pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clarinetist: Encyclopedia - Clarinetist
A clarinetist (sometimes also spelled clarinettist) is a musician who plays the clarinet. Some clarinetists also play other woodwind inst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolphe Sax: Encyclopedia - Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph (known as Adolphe) Sax (November 6, 1814 – February 4, 1894) was a Belgian musical instrument designer, best known for i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concerto: Encyclopedia - Concerto
In classical music, the word concerto (pl. concerti; from the Italian concerto, that means concert) is a label for a piece in which a sma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcide Nunez: Encyclopedia - Alcide Nunez
Alcide Patrick Nunez (March 17, 1884 – September 2, 1934) was an early jazz clarinetist. Also known as Yellow Nunez and Al Nunez, he wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benny Goodman: Encyclopedia - Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman, born Benjamin David Goodman, (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was a famous Jazz musician, known as "King of Swing", "Patri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brass Band: Encyclopedia - Brass Band
A brass band is a musical group consisting mostly of brass instruments, often with a percussion section. In some traditions other types o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African Blackwood: Encyclopedia - African Blackwood
African Blackwood is a dense, lustrous wood, ranging from reddish to pure black. African Blackwood is known in East Africa as Mpingo. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bass Clarinet: Encyclopedia Ii - Bass Clarinet - Uses
Bass clarinets are used to boost the overall sound in small ensembles. They are also used in symphony orchestras to make up for poor/abse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eine Alpensinfonie: Encyclopedia Ii - Eine Alpensinfonie - Orchestration
This symphony is densely orchestrated, requiring Woodwinds: 2 piccolos, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, a heckelphone, 1 E-flat clarinet, 2 B-flat cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Octet: Encyclopedia Ii - Octet - Music
In music, an octet is a musical ensemble consisting of eight instruments or a musical composition written for it. The two best known octe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oboe: Encyclopedia Ii - Oboe - The Instrument
It is more difficult to play and produce a good tone on the oboe compared to woodwind instruments such as the flute or clarinet. Beginner...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diver Down: Encyclopedia Ii - Diver Down - Personnel
Van Halen Michael Anthony - bass David Lee Roth - vocals Alex Van Halen - drums Eddie Van Halen - guitar Additional personnel Jan Van ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clarinet Concerto Mozart: Encyclopedia Ii - Clarinet Concerto Mozart - Second Movement: Adagio
Possibly the most well-known part of this concerto, the beautiful and profound Adagio opens with the soloist playing the movement's theme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clarinet Concerto Mozart: Encyclopedia Ii - Clarinet Concerto Mozart - Third Movement: Rondo: Allegro
The closing rondo has a cheerful refrain, with episodes either echoing this mood or recalling the darker colours of the first movement. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Instruments By Nationality: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Instruments By Nationality - Clarinets
Main article: Clarinet Mijwiz - Lebanese music MerÃ¥ker - Norwegian music Mitbiq - Iraqi music Treujenn-gaol - Breton music Tungehorn - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buffet Crampon: Encyclopedia Ii - Buffet Crampon - History
Denis Buffet-Auger began making quality clarinets in Paris, France in 1825. The company expanded under Jean-Louis Buffet and his wife Zoe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sound Of Jazz: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound Of Jazz - Personnel
The Sound of Jazz - Trumpet. Henry "Red" Allen Emmett Berry Doc Cheatham Roy Eldridge Rex Stewart Joe Wilder The Sound of Jazz - Tro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breathless: Encyclopedia Ii - Breathless - Synopsis
Michel is a young thug who romantically models himself after Humphrey Bogart. While driving a stolen car, Michel shoots a policeman who f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breathless: Encyclopedia Ii - Breathless - Other Versions
A rarely seen 1976 film by Amos Poe, featuring a cameo by Blondie singer Deborah Harry (playing a woman named Blondie) called Unmade Beds...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breathless: Encyclopedia Ii - Breathless - Film Connections
The film includes references to many other films. In one scene, "Bob the Gambler" is mentioned, which is an apparent reference to Bob le ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symphony No. 1 Havergal Brian: Encyclopedia Ii - Symphony No. 1 Havergal Brian - Orchestration
The orchestral forces for this symphony are commonly thought to be the largest employed in the symphonic repertoire. The first part of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violin Concerto: Encyclopedia Ii - Violin Concerto - Selected List Of Violin Concertos
Violin concertos near the center of the "repertoire". The big list of violin concertos has been moved to List of compositions for violin ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piano Concerto: Encyclopedia Ii - Piano Concerto - History
Concertos for the harpsichord were written throughout the Baroque era, notably by Johann Sebastian Bach (see list of compositions by Joha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piano Concerto: Encyclopedia Ii - Piano Concerto - Form
A classical piano concerto is often in three movements. A quick opening movement in sonata form including a cadenza (which may be improv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piano Concerto: Encyclopedia Ii - Piano Concerto - Other Compositions For Piano And Orchestra
Concertos have been written where the piano is not the only solo instrument. A famous example is the Triple concerto (for piano trio and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tuomas Holopainen: Encyclopedia Ii - Tuomas Holopainen - Biography
Holopainen started to study in a musical college majoring in clarinet and minoring in piano. He played in several bands, before coming up...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violoncello Concerto: Encyclopedia Ii - Violoncello Concerto - Selected List Of Cello Concertos
Cello concertos near the center of the "repertoire". The big list of cello concertos has been moved to List of compositions for cello and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harmonic Series Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Harmonic Series Music - Timbre Of Musical Instruments
The relative amplitudes of the various harmonics primarily determine the timbre of different instruments and sounds, though formants also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punch The Clock: Encyclopedia Ii - Punch The Clock - Personnel:
The TKO Horns: Jim Paterson: trombone Jeff Blythe: alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet Paul Speare: tenor saxophone, flute Dave...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concerto: Encyclopedia Ii - Concerto - Early Usage
Early in the 17th century, and persisting in some cases into the mid-18th, the term "concerto" was applied as one of several indiscrimina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joe Maneri: Encyclopedia Ii - Joe Maneri - Biography
From his late teens he played on the resort circuit in the Catskills. In his youth, Maneri played clarinet and saxophone in various dance...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concerto: Encyclopedia Ii - Concerto - Concerto In Music
The orchestra is entrusted with a highly pregnant and short summary of the main contents of the movement, and the solo, or the groups cor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saxophone: Encyclopedia Ii - Saxophone - Reeds
Like clarinets, saxophones use a single reed. Saxophone reeds are wider than clarinet reeds. Each size of saxophone (alto, tenor, etc.) u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zita Swoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Zita Swoon - Members
Zita Swoon - Original members. Stef Kamil Carlens - vocals, guitar, piano Tom Pintens - guitar, backing vocals, piano, clarinet Aarich...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saxophone: Encyclopedia Ii - Saxophone - Reeds
Like clarinets, saxophones use a single reed. Saxophone reeds are wider than clarinet reeds. Each size of saxophone (alto, tenor, etc.) u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concert Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Concert Band - Modern Instrumentation
Instrumentation for the wind band is not standardized; composers will frequently add and/or omit parts. Indented entries are frequently-u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concert Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Concert Band - Modern Instrumentation
Instrumentation for the wind band is not standardized; composers will frequently add and/or omit parts. Indented entries are frequently-u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Musical Instrument Classification: Encyclopedia Ii - Musical Instrument Classification - Instruments By Range
Western instruments are also often classified by their musical range in comparison with other instruments in the same family. These terms...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Instruments By Nationality: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Instruments By Nationality - Wind Instruments
List of instruments by nationality - Bagpipes. Main article: Bagpipes Biniou: Breton music Bock: Czech music Border Pipe: Scottish mus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Furniture Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Furniture Music - Satie's Compositions
Furniture music - The music. Although many other music by Erik Satie can be experienced (and is sometimes indicated as) furniture music...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - E-bow: Encyclopedia Ii - E-bow - E-bow And The Acoustic Guitar
Although the E-bow is most commonly played on the electric guitar because of the ease of use and the responsiveness you get from the pick...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Musical Instrument Classification: Encyclopedia Ii - Musical Instrument Classification - Instruments By Range
Western instruments are also often classified by their musical range in comparison with other instruments in the same family. These terms...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Key Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Key Music - Instruments In A Key
Certain musical instruments are sometimes said to play in a certain key, or have their music written in a certain key. Instruments which ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turandot: Encyclopedia Ii - Turandot - Orchestration
The orchestra consists of one piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, one English horn, two clarinets, one bass clarinet, two bassoons, one contr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meredith Monk: Encyclopedia Ii - Meredith Monk - Works
Meredith Monk - Instrumental Works. Paris for solo piano (1973) Acts from under and above Ellis Island for two pianos (1986) Window in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mouthpiece: Encyclopedia Ii - Mouthpiece - Musical Instruments
On wind instruments the mouthpiece is that part of the instrument which is placed in, or next to, the player's mouth. In conjunction with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Das Lied Von Der Erde: Encyclopedia Ii - Das Lied Von Der Erde - Instrumentation And Libretto
Lasting approximately sixty-five minutes, Das Lied von der Erde is scored for a large orchestra consisting of four flutes, piccolo, three...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Simpson Composer: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Simpson Composer - The Music
Simpson wrote 11 Symphonies as well as concertos for violin, piano, flute and cello. (The Violin Concerto was subsequently withdrawn.) Hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Garden Angelica: Encyclopedia Ii - Garden Angelica - Usage/history
From the 10th century on, angelica was cultivated as a vegetable and medicinal plant, and achieved great popularity in Scandinavia in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transposition Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Transposition Music - Sight Transposition
Although transpositions are usually written out, musicians are occasionally asked to transpose music "at sight", that is, to read the mus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symphony No. 1 Beethoven: Encyclopedia Ii - Symphony No. 1 Beethoven - Movements And Scoring
It is about 28 minutes long. There are four movements: Adagio molto -- Allegro con brio Andante cantabile con moto Menuetto (Allegro mol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symphony No. 103 Haydn: Encyclopedia Ii - Symphony No. 103 Haydn - Scoring And Movements
The symphony is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and the usual string section of firs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swing Genre: Encyclopedia Ii - Swing Genre - Famous Swing Musicians
Band leaders: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Jean Goldkette, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller, Chick...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dixieland: Encyclopedia Ii - Dixieland - History
The style combined earlier brass band marches, French Quadrilles, ragtime and blues with collective, polyphonic improvisation by trumpet,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sarrusophone: Encyclopedia Ii - Sarrusophone - Use In Jazz
A very unusual example of the sarrusophone in jazz is on the 1924 recording by the Clarence Williams Blue 5 of "Mandy, Make Up Your Mind"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karen Mcdougal: Encyclopedia Ii - Karen Mcdougal - Biography
McDougal moved to Sawyer, Michigan at the age of 9. She is a clarinet player (Michigan state champion 4 years in a row in high school) an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whatever And Ever Amen: Encyclopedia Ii - Whatever And Ever Amen - Personnel
Whatever and Ever Amen - The Band. Ben Folds - Piano, Lead vocals, Melodica Darren Jessee - Drums, Backing vocals Robert Sledge - Bass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piano Concerto Grieg: Encyclopedia Ii - Piano Concerto Grieg - History And Influences
The work is among Grieg's earliest important works, being written in 1868 in Sollerod in Denmark, during one of Grieg's visits there to b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lars-erik Larsson: Encyclopedia Ii - Lars-erik Larsson - Works
Larsson's most important symphonic works are his three symphonies for full orchestra: Symphony No.1 in D Major, Op.2 Symphony No.2, Op.1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mauro Campagnoli: Encyclopedia Ii - Mauro Campagnoli - Works
Mauro Campagnoli - Essays. Baka Pygmies of Cameroon, 2004 Music and Musical Instruments of Baka Pygmies, 2005 Mauro Campagnoli - Mus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transposing Instrument: Encyclopedia Ii - Transposing Instrument - Reasons For The Use Of Transposing Instruments
At first sight it might see awkward to use transposing instruments. A clarinet in C, and one in Bâ™­, for example, are identical in all a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soukous: Encyclopedia Ii - Soukous - The Big Bands
By the 1950s, big bands had become the preferred format, using acoustic bass guitar, multiple electric guitars, conga drums, maracas, scr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Jazz Musicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Jazz Musicians - Noted Jazz Figures By Period
List of jazz musicians - Early jazz musicians. Louis Armstrong, (1901-1971) Sidney Bechet, (1897-1959) Bix Beiderbecke, (1903-1931) Bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sonata Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Sonata Music - Forces
In the baroque period, a sonata was for one or more instruments with continuo. After the baroque most works designated as sonatas specifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symphony No. 8 Beethoven: Encyclopedia Ii - Symphony No. 8 Beethoven - Scoring
The Eighth Symphony is written for a Classical orchestra consisting of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sonata Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Sonata Music - Brief History Of The Usage Of Sonata
Sonata music - The Baroque sonata. By the time of Arcangelo Corelli two polyphonic types of sonata were established, the sonata da chie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sonata Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Sonata Music - The Sonata In Scholarship And Musicology
Sonata music - The sonata idea or principle. Research into the practice and meaning of sonata form, style and structure would be the im...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dee Carstensen: Encyclopedia Ii - Dee Carstensen - Early Years
Being the daughter of Professor Dr. Edwin L. Carstensen, a biomedical engineer and one of the world's leading authorities on ultrasound i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Weill: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Weill - List Of Selected Works
Kurt Weill - 1920-1927. 1920 – Sonata for Cello and Piano 1921 – Symphony No. 1 for orchestra 1923 – String Quartet op. 8 1923 â...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Afghanistan - Popular Music
Main article: Afghan popular music In 1925, radio broadcasting in Afghanistan began, but the radio station was destroyed in 1929. Broadca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Before These Crowded Streets: Encyclopedia Ii - Before These Crowded Streets - Personnel
Dave Matthews Band Dave Matthews - acoustic guitar, vocals Carter Beauford - percussion, drums, background vocals Stefan Lessard - bass ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Creation: Encyclopedia Ii - The Creation - Musical Forces
The Creation is set for three vocal soloists (soprano, tenor, and bass), four-part chorus (soprano, alto, tenor, bass), and a large late-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symphony No. 3 Beethoven: Encyclopedia Ii - Symphony No. 3 Beethoven - Movements And Scoring
The piece, like most symphonies, is in four movements: Allegro con brio Marcia funebre: Adagio assai Scherzo: Allegro vivace Finale: All...   » Read the article