The Baroque Clarinet and Chalumeau - Albert R. Rice

The Baroque Clarinet and Chalumeau

By: Albert R. Rice

Hardcover | 15 May 2020 | Edition Number 2

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The first edition of Albert R. Rice's The Baroque Clarinet is widely considered the authoritative text on the European clarinet during the first half of the eighteenth century. Since its publication in 1992, its conclusions have influenced the approaches of musicologists, instrument historians, and clarinet performers. Twenty-eight years later, Rice has updated his renowned study in a second edition, with new chapters on chalumeau and clarinet music, insights on newly found instruments and additional material on the Baroque clarinet in society.

Expanding the volume to include the chalumeau, close cousin and predecessor to the clarinet, Rice draws on nearly three decades of new research on the instrument's origins and music. Discoveries include two recently found chalumeaux in a private collection, one by Johann Heinrich Eichentopf of Leipzig, and attributions based on historical evidence for three more chalumeaux. Rice furthers the discussion to recently uncovered early instruments and historical scores, which shed light on the clarinet's evolution. Most essentially, Rice highlights the chalumeau's substantial late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth century repertory, comprising over 330 works by 66 composers, and includes a more expansive list of surviving Baroque clarinet works, organized by date, composer, and tonality/range.

The Baroque Clarinet and Chalumeau provides a long-awaited follow-up to Rice's groundbreaking volume, drawing from a variety of sources-including German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Flemish, Czech, and Catalan research-to bring this new information to an English-speaking audience. With his dedication to scholarly accuracy, Rice brings the Baroque clarinet into sharper focus than ever before.
Industry Reviews
"In this 2nd edition of his The Baroque Clarinet, Albert Rice has brought up-to-date the considerable amount of research done on instruments, players, and repertory since his original 1992 edition. Filled with information of all sorts, this new edition belongs on the bookshelf of all clarinetists and others interested in this earliest stage of clarinet history." -- David Ross, clarinetist and wind historian "With new information in every chapter, the second edition of Albert Rice's book on the Baroque clarinet becomes even more valuable than the first. Readers can always depend on Dr. Rice to provide a thoroughly researched account of the clarinet's early history. In this new edition he has compiled substantial data on previously unknown chalumeau repertoire and performers, greatly extending our knowledge of this important instrument." -- Jane Ellsworth, Professor of Music History, Eastern Washington University

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