Clarinet virtuosi of the past / Pamela Weston.
| Author/creator | Weston, Pamela |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Corby, Northants : Fentone Music Ltd., 1994, ©1971. |
| Description | 291 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations, music, portraits ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | "The master of musick from London": Mr Charles, sponsor of the clarinet -- The first virtuosi: Joseph Beer and Franz Tausch -- Mozart's clarinettist: Stadler -- Paris, scene of inventions: I-Lefèvre -- Strains from the north: the saga of Bernt Crusell -- Court music at Sondershausen: the brilliancy of Hermstedt -- Idol of the public: Thomas Lindsay Willman -- "Never more beautiful tones": the great Heinrich Baermann -- Paris, scene of inventions: II-Müller -- A "ravishing magic sound", Schubert's clarinettist and lone lady: Friedlowsky, Count Troyer and Caroline Schleicher -- "Souvenirs de ma vie artisque": the travels of Joseph Blaes -- "Meine primadonna": Mühlfeld -- Paris, scene of inventions: III-Klosé, the Gomez story -- British heritage: the Mahons, Lazarus and Charles Draper. |
| Abstract | The first biographical work of the great clarinettists of the past. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278) and index. |