Micah.5

By Heinrich Baermann and arranged for Solo Clarinet and Clarinet Choir by K. Tod Kerstetter.

Transcribed by Rebecca Mindock. Nineteenth-Century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) composed his String Quartet No. 1, op. 11 in February of 1871. Its hauntingly lovely slow

Long before there was a Tin Pan Alley, there was the popularity of Parlor Music. This was an entertainment form that had its heyday in the 19th Century. A good portion of the American public had extra money

Featuring two B-flat and two bass clarinets, this is not just a normal transcription assigning all pre-existing notes to several instruments. This arrangement is a work all of its own that showcases the

The Chamber Symphony dates from his New York period before he studied with the legendary Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) at the American Conservatory outside of Paris. Like other works from his early

The piccolo clarinet in D is the clarinet for which Richard Strauss wrote the main motive of his famous tone poem Till Eulenspiegel, and it also notably appears in the symphonies of Mahler and

Johann Melchior Molter achieved particular notoriety for his writing for unusual instruments, such as the chalumeau, the flauto d' amore, the flauto cornetto, and the harp. The clarinet was at the time a

The composition Daydreamin' was written as a solo for either Clarinet in Bb, or Trumpet in Bb. It is my hope that Daydreamin' will provide students with a song that they will enjoy

Der Leiermann, translated as "The Hurdy-Gurdy Player," is the final song from Franz Schubert's song cycle Winterreise, a work that follows the protagonist as he visits sites of a past

Nineteenth-Century Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828) is renowned as one of the great masters of German Lieder, having composed over 600 works in the genre. His Die Forelle ("The Trout"),

Divertimento is in three movements. The first movement, "Frolic," has three main thematic ideas. The first contains dotted rhythms, staccato articulation, and meter change. The second thematic idea

When you play Elven Forest, try to portray a calm, shadowed woodland. Use a full, controlled tone and very smooth, legato phrasing to create this mood. Even though there are few marked crescendos

Originally written for organ, this fugue by Reinhold Gliere was composed when he served on the faculty of the Kiev Conservatory. Arranged for a trio of two B-flat clarinets and bass clarinet, it retains the

Nineteenth-Century Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828) is renowned as one of the great masters of German Lieder, having composed over 600 works in the genre. He wrote his setting of Gretchen am

In E. L. Doctorow's novel Homer and Langley, based on Manhattan's notorious Fifth Avenue compulsively hoarding Collyer brothers, Doctorow first introduces his character Homer as he is losing his

Kui is a polysemous figure in ancient Chinese mythology named for the legendary musician "Kui" who invented music and dancing and for the one-legged mountain demon or rain-god variously said to resemble a

This gentle piece allows for playing with different tone colors. The minor sections can be more dark and brooding. When the light starts shining through at measure 19, your sound can be more bright and

Though my training as a musician and a composer is firmly rooted in western art music, more specifically within an American collegiate environment, a lot of my inspiration and musical influences come from

Mists and Sun reflects changing moods and is written in rondo (ABACA) form. The first theme (mm 5–20) should have a very ethereal, mysterious character, which is characterized by its key of g

Mut, translated as "Courage," is a short song that appears near the end of Franz Schubert's song cycle Winterreise, a work that follows the protagonist as he visits sites of a past summer

Dr. Hartley composed the Nocturne for Bass Clarinet and Piano in 1998. The work explores the lyric aspects of this unjustly neglected instrument. He has made the piece performable on all bass