{"product_id":"molter-4-clarinet-concertos-hoflich","title":"Molter: 4 Clarinet Concertos","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/zh\/collections\/johann-melchior-molter\"\u003eJohann Melchior Molter (1696-1765)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Full Score\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eBasso continuo, Clarinet, Orchestra, Strings\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e8.3\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e11.4\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 60\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eClarinet Concertos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMWV VI\/41 in A Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMWV VI\/38 in D Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMWV VI\/40 in G Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMWV VI\/39 in D Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon first hearing, the solo lines given the clarinet by Molter bring to mind virtuosic Baroque music for the natural trumpet (clarino), e.g., Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. The tessitura of the D clarinet is higher and its tone shriller than the range and sonority of the mellow B-flat clarinet, which is now ubiquitous in wind-band, klezmer, and jazz (especially traditional New Orleans, or \"Dixieland,\" jazz) music, while it and the A clarinet have been universally scored in orchestral, operatic, and chamber music since around 1800, the era of late Haydn and early Beethoven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClearly aware of the limitations of the early two-key clarinet for which these concertos were likely composed, Molter largely avoided its low range, restricting the instrument almost exclusively to its middle and upper registers. All conjunct melodic writing for the clarinet takes place from third-space C upward, and it is given a variety of diatonic scale passages, triplet sixteenth-note figures, grace-notes, trills, thirty-second- and sixty-fourth-note appoggiaturas, échappées, and other connective flourishes and ornaments, almost all of which lie comfortably under the fingers in the keys Molter chose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClarinet Concerto in A Major, MWV 6.41 (orchestra: 2 oboes, strings, continuo)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClarinet Concerto in D Major, MWV 6.38\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClarinet Concerto in G Major, MWV 6.40 (Orchestra: 2 oboes, strings, continuo)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClarinet Concerto in D Major, MWV 6.39 (orchestra: strings, 2 oboes, continuo)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Musikproduktion Höflich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46389334212687,"sku":"MPH1670","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/zh\/products\/molter-4-clarinet-concertos-hoflich","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}