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

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

This stately piece is written in an easy register with an occasional sudden movement that mimics the motion of falling autumn leaves.  It works nicely as a contrasting slower piece in a recital.

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

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