Clarinet quintet
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A clarinet quintet is a chamber
musical ensemble
made up of one clarinet
, plus the standard string quartet
of two violins, one viola
, and one cello
. The term is also used to refer to a piece written for this ensemble.
One of the earliest and most influential works written for this combination of instruments is the Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581
, written for the clarinetist Anton Stadler
in 1789. While a few compositions for this ensemble were produced including the Op. 34 clarinet quintet by Carl Maria von Weber
, a composer famous for his solo clarinet compositions, it took until Johannes Brahms
composed his Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
for clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld
for the clarinet quintet configuration to receive considerable attention from composers.
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
musical ensemble
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
made up of one clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
, plus the standard string quartet
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
of two violins, one viola
Viola
The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
, and one cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
. The term is also used to refer to a piece written for this ensemble.
One of the earliest and most influential works written for this combination of instruments is the Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581
Clarinet Quintet (Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581, was written in 1789 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler. A clarinet quintet is a work for one clarinet and a string quartet . Although originally written for basset clarinet, it is almost always played on a clarinet in A or B-flat...
, written for the clarinetist Anton Stadler
Anton Stadler
Anton Stadler was an Austrian clarinet and basset horn player for whom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote both his Quintet for Clarinet and Strings and Clarinet Concerto....
in 1789. While a few compositions for this ensemble were produced including the Op. 34 clarinet quintet by Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school....
, a composer famous for his solo clarinet compositions, it took until Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
composed his Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Clarinet Quintet (Brahms)
Johannes Brahms's Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 was written in 1891 for the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld. It is widely regarded as Brahms's supreme achievement in chamber music.The piece is known for its autumnal mood...
for clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld
Richard Mühlfeld
Richard Mühlfeld was a German clarinettist who inspired Johannes Brahms and Gustav Jenner to write chamber works including the instrument...
for the clarinet quintet configuration to receive considerable attention from composers.
List of works
- Bruce AdolpheBruce AdolpheBruce Adolphe is a U.S. composer and music scholar, the author of several books on music, and pianist. His current positions include Resident Lecturer and Director of Family Concerts of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and founder and creative director of The Learning Maestros,...
- At the Still Point, There the Dance is: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
- William AlbrightWilliam AlbrightWilliam Albright may refer to:*William F. Albright , evangelical Methodist archaeologist, biblical authority, linguist and expert on ceramics*William Albright , American composer, pianist, and organist...
- Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet
- Heinrich BärmannHeinrich BärmannHeinrich Joseph Baermann was a clarinet virtuoso of the Romantic era who is generally considered as being not only an outstanding performer of his time, but highly influential in the creation of several composers' compositions.In his youth, Baermann took lessons from Joseph Beer...
- Quintet, Op. 23
- Milton BabbittMilton BabbittMilton Byron Babbitt was an American composer, music theorist, and teacher. He is particularly noted for his serial and electronic music.-Biography:...
- Clarinet Quintet (1996)
- Xavier Benguerel
- Quintet de la Sala de Llevant
- Sir Arthur Bliss
- Clarinet Quintet
- David BruceDavid Bruce (composer)David Bruce is a British-American composer.Bruce began his undergraduate studies in music in 1988 at Nottingham University , before moving on to the Royal College of Music where he obtained a Masters Degree in Composition, studying with Tim Salter and George Benjamin; and a PhD in Composition at...
- Gumboots - Clarinet Quintet (2008)
- Johannes BrahmsJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
- Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115Clarinet Quintet (Brahms)Johannes Brahms's Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 was written in 1891 for the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld. It is widely regarded as Brahms's supreme achievement in chamber music.The piece is known for its autumnal mood...
- Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
- Jane Brockman
- Scenes from Lemuria: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, 2006
- Elliott CarterElliott CarterElliott Cook Carter, Jr. is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer born and living in New York City. He studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in the 1930s, and then returned to the United States. After a neoclassical phase, he went on to write atonal, rhythmically complex music...
- Clarinet Quintet (2007)
- Samuel Coleridge-TaylorSamuel Coleridge-TaylorSamuel Coleridge-Taylor was an English composer who achieved such success that he was once called the "African Mahler".-Early life and education:...
- Quintett in fis-moll op. 10
- Carson P. Cooman
- Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
- John CoriglianoJohn CoriglianoJohn Corigliano is an American composer of classical music and a teacher of music. He is a distinguished professor of music at Lehman College in the City University of New York.-Biography:...
- Soliloquy, for Clarinet and String Quartet
- Morton FeldmanMorton FeldmanMorton Feldman was an American composer, born in New York City.A major figure in 20th century music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers also including John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Earle Brown...
- Two Pieces for Clarinet & String Quartet (1961)
- Clarinet & String Quartet (1983)
- Mark GustavsonMark GustavsonMark Gustavson is an American composer of contemporary classical music.-Biography:Gustavson lives in Mastic Beach, New York, and teaches at various universities in the New York City area, including Adelphi University and Nassau Community College. He graduated from the University of Illinois in...
- Chiftetelli, for Clarinet, two violins, viola and 'cello
- Quintet, for Clarinet, two violins, viola and 'cello
- Barton Hanus
- Kvintet - koncert pro clarinet a smy cove kvarteto (Concerto for Clarinet and String Quartet)
- Bernard HerrmannBernard HerrmannBernard Herrmann was an American composer noted for his work in motion pictures.An Academy Award-winner , Herrmann is particularly known for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock, most famously Psycho, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo...
- Souvenirs de Voyage, 1967
- Paul HindemithPaul HindemithPaul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...
- Clarinet Quintet, Op. 30
- Anthony IannacconeAnthony IannacconeAnthony Iannaccone is a composer and conductor. His music has been performed by major orchestras and chamber ensembles, and he has conducted numerous regional and metropolitan orchestras in the United States and in Europe...
- Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet
- Stefania Maria De Kenessey
- Quintet for Clarinet
- Franz KrommerFranz KrommerFranz Krommer was a Czech composer of classical music, whose seventy-year life began the year of the death of George Frideric Handel and ended a few years after that of Ludwig van Beethoven.-Life:The main events of his life were somewhat as follows:* From 1773 to 1776,...
- Clarinet Quintet, op.95
- Ezra LadermanEzra LadermanEzra Laderman is an American composer of classical music.-Biography:His parents, Isidor and Leah, both emigrated to the United States from Poland. Though poor, the family had a piano. Ezra writes, "At four, I was improvising at the piano; at seven, I began to compose music, writing it down...
- Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet
- Magnus LindbergMagnus LindbergMagnus Lindberg is a Finnish composer and pianist. He is currently the composer-in-residence at the New York Philharmonic.-Education:...
- Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
- Carol Martelli
- Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet
- Giacomo MeyerbeerGiacomo MeyerbeerGiacomo Meyerbeer was a noted German opera composer, and the first great exponent of "grand opera." At his peak in the 1830s and 1840s, he was the most famous and successful composer of opera in Europe, yet he is rarely performed today.-Early years:He was born to a Jewish family in Tasdorf , near...
- Quintet
- Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
- Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A, K. 581Clarinet Quintet (Mozart)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581, was written in 1789 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler. A clarinet quintet is a work for one clarinet and a string quartet . Although originally written for basset clarinet, it is almost always played on a clarinet in A or B-flat...
- Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B-flat, K. Anh. 91 (516c)
- Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A, K. 581
- Sean OsbornSean OsbornSean Osborn is a former clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and is a regular substitute in the clarinet section of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. A student of Stanley Hasty, Frank Kowalsky, and Eric Mandat. Osborn has traveled Europe, Japan, and North America as a soloist and...
- Quintet for Clarinet and Strings (1995)
- Quintet for Clarinet and Strings "The Beatles" (2004)
- Sergei ProkofievSergei ProkofievSergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century...
- Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 - for clarinet quintet and piano
- Max RegerMax RegerJohann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and academic teacher.-Life:...
- Quintet in A, Op. 146
- Anton ReichaAnton ReichaAnton Reicha was a Czech-born, later naturalized French composer. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Beethoven, Reicha is now best remembered for his substantial early contribution to the wind quintet literature and his role as a teacher – his pupils included Franz Liszt and Hector Berlioz...
- Clarinet Quintet in B-flat, Op. 89
- Bright ShengBright ShengBright Sheng is a Chinese-American composer, conductor, and pianist. He has lived in the United States since 1982 and is on faculty at the University of Michigan. In 1999, the White House commissioned Sheng to compose a piece to honor the Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji at a state dinner hosted by...
- Concertino for Clarinet and String Quartet
- Robert StarerRobert StarerRobert Starer was an Austrian-born American composer and pianist.Robert Starer began studying the piano at age 4 and continued his studies at the Vienna State Academy...
- Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
- Joan TowerJoan TowerJoan Tower is a Grammy-winning contemporary American composer, concert pianist and conductor. Lauded by the New Yorker as "one of the most successful woman composers of all time", her bold and energetic compositions have been performed in concert halls around the world...
- Turning Point, for Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello
- Carl Maria von WeberCarl Maria von WeberCarl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school....
- Clarinet Quintet in B-flat, Op. 34
- Douglas WeilandDouglas WeilandDouglas Weiland is a modern-classical composer.Formerly a violinist - 2 years English Chamber Orchestra, 7 years Academy of St...
- Clarinet Quintet, Op. 33 (2003)
- Dan WelcherDan WelcherDan Welcher is an American composer, conductor, and music educator.- Biography :Welcher was born in Rochester, New York and earned degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, studying bassoon, piano, and composition...
- Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
- Quintet for Clarinet, two violins, viola, and cello