Clarinet Catalog 9a Van Cott Information Services, Inc. 02/08/08 presents Member: Clarinet Books, Music, CDs and More! International Clarinet Association This catalog includes clarinet books, CDs, videos, Music Minus One and other play-along CDs, woodwind books, and general music books. We are happy to accept Purchase Orders from University Music Departments, Libraries and Bookstores (see Ordering Informa- tion). We also have a full line of flute, saxophone, oboe, and bassoon books, videos and CDs. You may order online, by fax, or phone. To order or for the latest information visit our web site at http://www.vcisinc.com. Bindings: HB: Hard Bound, PB: Perfect Bound (paperback with square spine), SS: Saddle Stitch (paper, folded and stapled), SB: Spiral Bound (plastic or metal). Shipping: Heavy item, US Media Mail shipping charges based on weight. Free US Media Mail shipping if ordered with another item. Price and availability subject to change. C001. Altissimo Register: A Partial Approach by Paul Drushler. SHALL-u-mo Publications, SB, 30 pages. The au- Table of Contents thor's premise is that the best choices for specific fingerings Clarinet Books ....................................................................... 1 for certain passages can usually be determined with know- Single Reed Books and Videos................................................ 6 ledge of partials. Diagrams and comments on altissimo finger- ings using the fifth partial and above. Clarinet Music ....................................................................... 6 Excerpts and Parts ........................................................ 6 14.95 Master Classes .............................................................. 8 C058. The Art of Clarinet Playing by Keith Stein. Summy- Birchard, PB, 80 pages. A highly regarded introduction to the Methods ........................................................................ 8 technical aspects of clarinet playing. Subjects covered include Music .......................................................................... 10 mouthpiece and ligature, the reed, the clarinet, embouchure, Music Collections ....................................................... 32 relaxation, breathing and support, voicing, release and ton- Studies and Exercises .................................................. 35 guing, hand and fingers, tone quality, intonation, high-register Clarinet Videos .................................................................... 40 playing, phrasing and interpretation, etc. Clarinet Music Play Along .................................................... 40 14.95 Repair Books ........................................................................ 40 C059. El Arte de Tocar el Clarinete by Keith Stein. Span- Woodwind Books ................................................................ 40 ish translation of C058. 17.95 Woodwind Music ................................................................ 41 C156. The Baroque Clarinet by Albert R. Rice. Oxford General Music Books ........................................................... 42 University Press, 1992, PB, 197 pages. The Baroque Clarinet Acoustics and Theory .................................................. 42 is a sourcebook for the historical study of the clarinet during Health and Physical Performance ............................... 43 the first half of the eighteenth century. The book is based on a Performance (Mental and Technical) .......................... 43 comprehensive study of the theoretical, musical, and icono- Reference, History, and General ................................. 45 graphical evidence. Many conclusions are presented here for the first time. Clarinet CDs ........................................................................ 46 Ordering Information .......................................................... 63 43.95 C002. The Basset-Horn & its Music by John P. Newhill. Rosewood Publications, Third Edition of 2003, SB, 127 pages. Books (includes some music with extensive annotation) Chapters include What is a Basset-Horn?, The Name, The Rise C046. The 32 Rose Studies: An Analysis and Study & Fall of the Basset-Horn, The Modern Basset-Horn, The Guide by Henry Larsen. Larsen Audiographics, SB, 166 pag- Repertoire (Solo Works with Orchestra, Chamber Works, es. Extensive comments and suggestions accompany each of Orchestral Works, List of Recordings, List of Publishers, Ad- the 32 studies. The author includes other instructional materi- dresses for Manuscript Works, Index of Composers), and a al independent of the studies including hand position studies bibliography. and two articles on reeds. 18.95 29.95 C004. Brahms: The Clarinet Quintet by Colin Lawson. C089. Advanced Clarinet Technique - A New Ap- Cambridge University Press, PB, 124 pages. A very interesting proach from Great Orchestral Literature by John Gibson. book which examines the technical aspects of the quintet and JB Linear Music, 2003, SB, 59 pages. This new book uses places it in the context of the times. passages from Mozart, Borodin, Brahms and other great com- 23.95 posers to build advanced technique. They are also more than C005. Hardbound edition (List price now $65.00) orchestral excerpt studies because they include the full musi- 44.95 cal context of the selection. The complete Marriage of Figaro Overture by Mozart is included as a bonus. A great value. C006. Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet edited by 11.95 Colin Lawson. Cambridge University Press, PB, 240 pages. C760. Advanced Intonation Technique for Clarinets Main sections include Single reeds before 1750, The Devel- (A=440 edition) by John Gibson. JB Linear Music, 2006, SB, opment of the clarinet, The clarinet family (five chapters), The 62 pages + 2 CDs. A clarinet tuning method that is filled with development of the clarinet repertoire, Players and Compos- intonation facts, techniques and playing exercises for Bb and ers, The mechanics of playing the clarinet, Teaching the clari- A soprano, Eb soprano, and bass clarinets. It also includes a net, Playing historical clarinets, The professional clarinetist, 70 minute CD using rich clarinet sounds for practicing intona- The contemporary clarinet, The clarinet in jazz, etc. tion characteristics along with a 35 minute Bonus CD with 32.95 ensembles and orchestrated excerpts with which to play along. Any intermediate to advanced player can benefit. 29.95 C760a: Advanced Intonation Technique for Clarinets (A=442 edition). 29.95 Order online at: www.vcisinc.com 2 C062. Campione on Clarinet by Carmine Campione. John C052. The Clarinet Doctor by Howard Klug. Woodwin- Ten-Ten Publishing, Fairfield, OH, SB, 129 pages. A member diana, Inc., SB, 117 pages. The author, Professor of Music at of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for 37 year and an Indiana University, is particularly well known as a teacher of adjunct professor of clarinet for 40, the author has put in clarinet instruction techniques. Part 1 (Klug's Clarinet Calis- writing proven methods, solid concepts, and a successful thenics) includes the Indiana University Clarinet Curriculum system of clarinet playing and instruction. Subjects include as well as many exercises. Part 2, (The Clarinet Doctor) cov- embouchure, breathing and support, tonguing, finger and ers Embouchure, Breathing, Body Posture, Tongue and hand position, equipment, intonation, reeds, an extended Throat, Reeds, Squeaks, Bass Clarinet, Auditions, etc. chapter on the Rose 40 Studies and more. 34.95 44.95 C014. Clarinet Fingerings (also know as 303 Clarinet C920. Catalogue of the Sir Nicholas Shackleton Col- Fingerings and 276 Trills) by Alan Sim. Twydds Music, U.K., lection by Heike Fricke et al; photography by Raymond SB, 56 pages. Covers the range of the clarinet up to triple Parks. Edinburgh, 2007, HB, 809 pages, 1024 color illustra- high G. Fingerings include notations of the drawbacks of tions. This catalog documents the achievement of the late Sir certain fingerings. Includes both half tone and whole tone Nicholas Shackleton (1937-2006) in assembling one of the trills. Handy pocket size. Shipped free if ordered with another world's finest collections of musical instruments. The clarinets item (except a free shipping item). (which constitute the main emphasis of the collection) span a 10.95 250-year period and range from contrabasses up to the smal- C015. Clarinet Fingerings by Thomas Ridenour. SB, 52 lest regularly-used clarinets (in high A). All the major instru- pages. The third edition of this popular book. The focus is on ment-making regions of the world are represented. Priority fingerings for the altissimo notes with up to 24 alternate fin- Mail shipping only ($10.95 + insurance, if desired). gerings for each note. However, the strength of this book is 144.95 that it is not just diagrams of fingerings but includes the ad- vantages and shortcomings of each choice and suggests reper- C033. Clarinet by Jack Brymer. Kahn & Averill, London, toire for which they are appropriate. PB, 259 pages. This book, originally published in the late 19.95 1970s, is now available again in the US. Chapters include: C061. The Clarinetist's Guide to Klezmer by Tom Pu- The Clarinet Today, History and Development, Acoustic Cha- walski, SB, 75 pages. A how to book for Clarinetists who racteristics, The Practical Clarinettist, The Artistic Approach, want to learn how to perform traditional Klezmer. It includes and Teaching the Clarinet. The book also includes a number 16 transcriptions of the recordings of Dave Tarras and Naftule of