Concert and Contest Music for Woodwinds

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

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

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

Prayer originated as an interlude for flute and piano in my choral setting of Psalm 19, Requiem, written in memory of Marie Mountain Clark. She was a friend and former principal

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

Nineteenth-Century Czech composer Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) spent the years 1892-1895 as the director of the National Conservatory in New York City. It was during these years that Dvorak composed 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

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

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

Yankee Doodle is a delightful, frolicking arrangement, utilizing the agility of each of the three instruments; Flute, oboe, clarinet. The key changes, counterpoint, and some thrown-in accidentals

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

The score for the Riverboat Sonata bears no date or dedication, but all clues indicate that it was written for Benny Goodman sometime during the 1960s when he and Powell were both living in New

The Two Fugues capture the all the elegance, charm and contrapuntal flavor of the Baroque style and can be played together or individually. These original fugues are fun to perform while still

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

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

For Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano, by William Yeates Hurlstone.

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

Morsel is one of several short works Frank Sidorfsky has composed for clarinet. We are very pleased to offer the first publication of this delightful piece.

For Two Flutes, Oboe, Clarinet, Two Bassoons, by Romeo Cascarino. The Tow Path (Divertimento for Woodwind Sextet) is a chamber tone poem composed in 1983-1984. As far as can be determined,

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

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