SKU: A0.1294172

First introduced in the Broadway show 'Lady Be Good' in 1924, and later featured in the 1941 film of the same name, the song has been covered by many artists over the years including Tony Bennett (who holds the Guinness World Record for longest gap between releases of the same song, 69 years), The Carpenters, Jamie Cullum, Cleo Laine, Jacob Collier and many more. This tongue-twisting melody is sure to spice up a concert and give your players and audience something to get their heads around! YouTube link below is for similar saxophone quartet version.

SKU: A0.1189295

What we have here is a quartet for 4 alto clarinets. Now, hold on. What has been taken as a given for years and years is not necessarily true......alto clarinets can make a fine sounding chamber music piece, play in tune, and are a good addition to band pieces.  Nah, Nah, say the band folks that just cannot be. Altos have been making appearances in many clarinet choirs, adding their sound pallet.

SKU: IZ.IMF1712

9 x 12 in inches.

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 Symphony No. 9, From the New World, and the composition of his American Quartet (String Quartet No. 12) followed not long after. The quartet includes many of the same hallmarks of the symphony, particularly the liberal use of the pentatonic scale and evocation of folk songs and spirituals. This transcription includes a few judicious cuts that make it a good option for student or amateur clarinet ensembles looking for a challenging but rewarding chamber work.

SKU: A0.1329286

Clarinet Quartet (4 Clt. or 3 Clt. + Bass Clt.) 

Looking for some familiar, yet very different Christmas Music? Look no further than the Snowdrift Galop written by British composer, Charles Coote Jnr. It starts off just like Jingle Bells - and the Jingle Bells theme keeps coming back, but is it actually Jingle Bells? It also has a march-like theme and a lovely Trio section. All players get to play important melodic material in this arrangement.

Snowdrift Galop was published in London in 1868 in a small collection of works by various composers. The opening theme is immediately recognisable as the popular holiday favourite, Jingle Bells, which was published 11 years earlier, yet the composer gives no reference or credit to the earlier work. Although the opening theme is the same as Jingle Bells, we get a stately march instead of the familiar Jingle Bells chorus. A lovely Trio introduces another new tune which is played by clarinet 3, then bass clarinet before returning to the opening section.

Charles Coote Jnr (1831-1916) was a prolific English composer of popular music, including quadrilles, waltzes and galops. His music was written for society balls and subsequently published for piano, so that others could play them at local dances or in their ownhomes. He was the son of composer and bandmaster, Charles Coote (1809-1880). Coote Snr worked for the 6th Duke of Devonshire for 30 years, conducted his private orchestra, and was referred to by the Duke as his ‘personal pianist’. Growing up in this environment would have ensured that Coote Jnr was well connected with British ‘society’.

Duration - 4 minutes.

SKU: A0.1268809

Here is a classic Beatles song, developed during the final years of The Beatles in collaboration with keyboard master Billy Preston. It is arranged carefully here for clarinet quartet with a few solos which are as written by The Beatles or improvised (chords provided). This piece is sure to go down well in any performance due to the everlasting love of The Beatles.

SKU: A0.1331907

Written in minor pentatonic mode with a few quotes at the end from the famous Sakura melody.
This was written for Takashi Miyatake who died some years ago. He was very kind helping me to contact a clarinet quartet in Japan, who have since performed various pieces of mine.

Performed here by The Budapest Scoring Clarinet Ensemble.

SKU: A0.648188

This adagio was written in 1863 as an exercise in composition while Tchaikovsky was a student in Anton Rubinstein's composition classes at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He was 23 years old. It is arranged for string orchestra and piano.