Meyerbeer: Clarinet Quintet in E-flat Major
Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) Editor: Dieter Klöcker Format: Score & Set of Parts Instrumentation: Clarinet Quintet (Clarinet, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello) Work: Quintet in E-flat Major Binding: ISMN: 9790006506194 Size: 9.1 x 11.8 inches Pages: None Urtext / Critical Edition Description This scholarly-critical volume is the first published edition of Meyerbeer's Clarinet Quintet, which vanished in World War ll and only recently resurfaced in the estate of the clarinetist Carl Bärmann. Meyerbeer wrote the piece in Vienna in 1813 for his friend Heinrich Bärmann, a celebrated clarinettist to whom C. M. von Weber also dedicated several works. The extremely novel and virtuoso handling of the clarinet was unusual for its day: Meyerbeer allows it to stand out clearly from the string ensemble and pushes it to the utmost limits of its technique. The Work enriched the meager chamber music repertoire for the clarinet in the 19th century. Our scholarly-crit