MozartMozart's Clarinet Concerto is of supreme importance as his last instrumental work. Yet there are a number of special problems surrounding the piece, since the autograph is lost and the unique instrument for which it was written has not survived. This book presents a wealth of background information, an analysis of the Concerto, discussion of performance practice and details of surviving relevant instruments. |
Contents
The eighteenthcentury clarinet and its music | 1 |
Repertoire for chalumeau and twokeyed clarinet | 3 |
Paris Mannheim London | 6 |
Mozart Stadler and the clarinet | 14 |
Mozart and the clarinet before 1780 | 15 |
Anton Stadler | 17 |
The basset horn and Masonic associations | 19 |
Mozarts clarinet writing 17817 | 22 |
Primary evidence | 53 |
Internal evidence | 54 |
Ambiguities | 55 |
The basset clarinet version assessed | 57 |
Design and structure | 60 |
Stylistic features | 61 |
Allegro | 62 |
Adagio | 66 |
The genesis and reception of the Concerto | 25 |
Mozarts Clarinet Quintet | 27 |
The clarinet in A major | 29 |
Mozart and the clarinet 178891 | 31 |
Mozarts autograph sketch K621b | 34 |
First performances of the Concerto | 35 |
The nineteenth century | 38 |
The age of recordings pre1950 | 41 |
Stadlers clarinet and its revival | 43 |
Surviving basset clarinets as evidence | 44 |
Stadlers design | 45 |
The nineteenth century | 49 |
The twentiethcentury revival | 50 |
Mozarts original text | 52 |
allegro | 68 |
Performance practice | 72 |
Tempo flexibility | 73 |
Ornamentation and improvisation | 74 |
Cadenzas | 75 |
The soloist as director | 77 |
A review of the Breikopf and Hartel edition in the Leipzig Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung 4 March 1802 | 79 |
Surviving instruments | 84 |
A list of works composed by Mozarts clarinettist Anton Stadler | 91 |
Notes | 93 |
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