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The writing for the clarinet in Harmony music in Vienna from 1770 to 1830: Mozart and Krommer (2023)

Carolina Guiducci
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Harmoniemusik was a wind ensemble formed by pairs of instruments, most commonly six or eight (oboe, clarinet, bassoons, and horns). They were common in the main cities of Europe from around 1770 to 1830. Their music was like the radio of their time. They played for important events of the Court, for military parades, and in public gardens to entertain whoever was taking a walk. The repertoire varied depending on the occasion, although they were most famous for their arrangements of popular operas and ballets. There were approximately 12000 works written for this type of ensemble, of which only a few are known and performed nowadays. At the same time, the clarinet evolved and developed during these fifty years by adding more keys to allow the instrument to play more incidentals with ease, and by trying out different materials to expand the timbre and volume. The main focus of my research exposition is to analyze and compare two works by W. A. Mozart and two works by F. Krommer, in order to understand how the writing for the clarinet changed and what was the role and function of this instrument inside the harmony ensemble. I synthesize from the analysis useful information, considering multiple aspects, that can be interesting to apply when performing this music.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsClarinet, Vienna, wind band, ensemble playing
date21/11/2022
published19/07/2023
last modified19/07/2023
statuslimited publication
share statusprivate
copyrightCarolina Guiducci
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1826401/1826483
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue3. Internal publication


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