Table of Contents

Dedication Preface to the 1st edition Preface to the 2nd edition Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Music Examples List of Tables Abbreviations Journals and Reference Works General Libraries, Museums, and Collections 1. Origins of the Chalumeau Antiquity Tenth through the Seventeenth Centuries Mock Trumpet Chalumeaux during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Jacob Denner's Chalumeaux and Clarinets Chalumeaux Built as an Organ pipe Chalumeau Players Descriptions from the Mid-Eighteenth Century Extant Chalumeaux Later Documented Chalumeau Makers Chalumeau Reproductions Conclusion 2. Music for the Chalumeau Introduction Attilio Ariosti Antonio Maria Bononcini Agostino Steffani Johannes Conradus Melchior Pichler Johann Joseph Fux Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Caldara and Nicolas Matteis Johann Friedrich Fasch Jan Dismas Zelenka Johann Adolf Hasse Christoph Graupner Johann Melchior Molter Georg Philipp Telemann Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli Gregor Joseph Werner Christian Cannabich Conclusion 3. The Earliest Clarinets Extant Baroque Clarinets Denners' Clarinets: Documentation and Attribution Early Clarinets Made in Nuremberg, Amsterdam, and Dresden Design and Construction Materials Mouthpieces Keys Specific Descriptions of Baroque Clarinets Makers' Stamps Middle Section and the Stock-Bell Composite Clarinets Third Key and Additional Aspects of Design Pitch Designations and Pitch Levels Denner Three-Key Clarinet Keyless Clarinets Conclusion 4. Playing Techniques of the Baroque Clarinet Compass, Reed Position, Embouchure, and Articulation Hand Position and Fingerings Tuning and Pitch Observations Conclusion 5. Music for the Baroque Clarinet Jacques Phillipe Dreux Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Caldara Joannes Adamus Josephus Faber Georg Philipp Telemann George Frideric Handel Giovanni Chinzer Johann Valentin Rathgeber Joseph Joachim Benedict Münster Johann Wendelin Glaser Ferdinand Kölbel Johann Melchior Molter Franz Josef Sparry Jean-Philippe Rameau Jan (Johann) Zach Wenzel Stark (Starck) Johann Stamitz Christoph Graupner Chevalier D'Herbain Georg Pasterwiz Jean-Benjamin de La Borde Franz Joseph Ulbrecht Thomas Augustine Arne Conclusion 6. Baroque Clarinet in Society Iconographical Representations Travelling Musicians Court and Aristocratic Music Church and Civic Music Military Music Conclusion Appendix 1 Checklist of Extant Chalumeaux Appendix 2 Checklist of Extant Clarinets Appendix 3 Checklist of Chalumeau Music and Sources, 1694-1780 Appendix 4 Checklist of Clarinet Music and Sources, about 1715-1760 Appendix 5 Chalumeau and Clarinet Concerts, Rehearsals, and Clarinets for Purchase in Newspaper Advertisements, 1718-1760 Bibliography Index

About the Author

Albert R. Rice is a researcher, clarinetist, past president of the American Musical Instrument Society, and review editor for the AMIS Journal and Newsletter, and an appraiser of musical instruments. He is the author of several books on the history of the clarinet, including The Clarinet in the Classical Period (OUP, 2003), From the Clarinet d'Amour to the Contra Bass: A History of Large Size Clarinets, 1740-1860 (OUP, 2009), and,
most recently, Notes for Clarinetists: A Guide to the Repertoire (OUP, 2017).

Reviews

"In this 2nd edition of his The Baroque Clarinet, Albert Rice has brought up-to-date the considerable amount of research done on instruments, players, and repertory since his original 1992 edition. Filled with information of all sorts, this new edition belongs on the bookshelf of all clarinetists and others interested in this earliest stage of clarinet history." -- David Ross, clarinetist and wind historian
"With new information in every chapter, the second edition of Albert Rice's book on the Baroque clarinet becomes even more valuable than the first. Readers can always depend on Dr. Rice to provide a thoroughly researched account of the clarinet's early history. In this new edition he has compiled substantial data on previously unknown chalumeau repertoire and performers, greatly extending our knowledge of this important instrument." -- Jane Ellsworth, Professor
of Music History, Eastern Washington University