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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC THE CLARINET IN D: HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND DISAPPEARANCE FROM CURRENT REPERTOIRE By CORINNE ALYSSA SMITH A Treatise submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music 2017 Corinne A. Smith defended this treatise on November 3, 2017. The members of the supervisory committee were: Deborah Bish Professor Directing Treatise William Fredrickson University Representative Anne R. Hodges Committee Member Jonathan Holden Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the treatise has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This document was made possible through the support and encouragement of numerous people. I would like to express my gratitude to: Deborah Bish, for helping me to become the musician and educator I wished to be, and for pushing me to reach further than I thought was possible. My committee members: Jonathan Holden, Anne R. Hodges and William Fredrickson, for providing guidance along the way. Andrew Seigel, for the constant encouragement to pursue E-flat clarinet during my undergraduate years, and for introducing me to the Molter Clarinet Concerti. Elizabeth Crawford, for providing my first D clarinet-playing-experience, and for serving as a valuable resource throughout the course of my research.