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The Earliest Clarinets
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Abstract
The makers, design, construction, and origin of the Baroque clarinet are discussed in this chapter. Two tables list chronologically all extant two- and three-key clarinets by country, and include maker, and city when known, maker’s dates, date of clarinet, number of clarinets, nominal pitch, and collection. There are 36 two-key and 22 three-key clarinets, made in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Sweden, and Finland. The earliest documentation for the invention of the clarinet is reviewed, and how and why Johann Christoph Denner improved the chalumeau and invented the clarinet is proposed, on the basis of previous studies of mechanical inventions. Biographies are provided for each clarinet maker when information was found.
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Abstract
The makers, design, construction, and origin of the Baroque clarinet are discussed in this chapter.
Two tables list chronologically all extant two- and three-key clarinets by country, and include maker, and city when known, maker’s dates, date of clarinet, number of clarinets, nominal pitch, and collection.
There are 36 two-key and 22 three-key clarinets, made in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Sweden, and Finland.
The earliest documentation for the invention of the clarinet is reviewed, and how and why Johann Christoph Denner improved the chalumeau and invented the clarinet is proposed, on the basis of previous studies of mechanical inventions.
Biographies are provided for each clarinet maker when information was found.
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