LibGuides: Clarinet Resources: Bibliographies & Repertoire Lists

How can I find out what books have been published about the clarinet? How can I find out what music has been published for clarinet?

You can perform the same searches as recommended under the Books or Recordings tabs above, but search OhioLINK instead of just MaagNET. That will find you the vast majority of materials. You can also use WorldCat or one of the books listed below.

An annotated bibliography of selected, published mixed trios for one clarinetist and two other musicians by Sherrick Sumner Hiscock
Call Number: ML128.C58 H5 1977a
Publication Date: 1977
Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Miami, 1977.
The Chalumeau in Eighteenth-Century Music by Colin J. Lawson
Call Number: ML990.C5 L4
ISBN: 083571246X
Publication Date: 1981
Series: Studies in British musicology. Revision of the author's thesis--University of Aberdeen, 1976.
Clarinet Solos de Concours, 1897-1980: An annotated bibliography by Harry R. Gee
Call Number: ML128.C58 G43
ISBN: 025313577X
Publication Date: 1981-04-01
A comprehensive performance project in clarinet literature with an essay on the woodwind music of Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) by John Charles Laughton
Call Number: ML410.M67 L36 1980a
Publication Date: 1980
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Iowa, 1980.
The index of clarinet music by Wayne Wilkins, ed.
Call Number: ML128.C58 W55
Publication Date: 1975
New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments by Stanley Sadie
Call Number: REF ML102.I5 N48 1984
Publication Date: 1984
3 volume dictionary/encyclopedia of musical instruments. The entry on "clarinet" is a little more than 14 pages and is divided into the following sections: (1) The Clarinet Family, (2) Structure, (3) Compass, Registers and Intonation, (4) Organological History, (5) Acoustics, Mode of Operation and Fingering, and (6) Musical History. At the close of the clarinet entry is a list of approximately 160 of other clarinet types, from "alboka" to "zummara," with entries found throughout the dictionary. Photos and illustrations. Bibliography of approximately 100 books and articles.
Repertory of the clarinet by Kalmen Opperman
Call Number: ML128.C58 O66 1960
Publication Date: 1960
A listing of works for Study and Performance
Solos for Unaccompanied Clarinet by James E. Gillespie
Call Number: ML128.C58 G54
ISBN: 0911772588
Publication Date: 1973-07-01

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