Masters of the Clarinet, 1892-1920

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Album Summary

Performers

• R.K. Franklin (Clarinet)
• F. Jardella (Clarinet)
• Joseph Norrita (Clarinet)
• August Stengler (Clarinet)
• George McNeice (Clarinet)
• T. Pusinelli (Clarinet)
• William Tuson (Clarinet)
• Georges Rubel (Clarinet)
• Louis Christie (Clarinet)
• Anthony Giammatteo (Clarinet)
• Julius Spindler (Flute)
• Frederick Brissett (Clarinet)
• Pietro Caso (Flute)

Composers

• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• E.S. Thornton
• Anonymous
• August Stengler
• Anton Emil Titl (1809 - 1882)
• Henry Carey (1687 - 1743)
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
• Henri Kling (1842 - 1918)
• Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886)
• Bolossy Kiralfy (1848 - 1932)
• Ethelbert Nevin (Composer) (1862 - 1901)
• Stephen Foster (1826 - 1864)
• Arthur Pryor (Trombone) (1870 - 1942)
• Benjamin R. Hanby (1833 - 1867)
• Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870)
• Scottish Traditional
• Donato Lovreglio (1841 - 1907)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Joseph Norrita
• George McNeice
• Luigi Bassi
• Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896)
• Thomas Moore (19th cent. Poet/Songwriter) (1779 - 1852)

Notes & Reviews:

The clarinet became a favorite solo instrument in the infant recording industry because of its pleasing tone and relative ease of reproduction. Many clarinet "masters" were simply journeymen musicians in local bands. Indispensable links to the popular emergence of this seminal instrument, the recordings presented here go all the way back to Edison's laboratory in 1892 with R.K. Franklin, continue with Berliner's disc recordings of the inimitable August Stengler and show the phonograph's full power and balanced sound on cylinders by the most recorded clarinetist of the period, William Tuson.

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Works Details

Thornton, E.S. : Air varié no 2 for clarinet & piano

• Performer: R.K. Franklin (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1879

Kiralfy, Bolossy : Mathias Sandorf :: Ballet Music

• Performer: R.K. Franklin (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1888

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: [Excerpt]

• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Anonymous : Clarinet Polka

• Performer: F. Jardella (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.

Nevin, Ethelbert : Narcissus, Op. 13/4

• Performer: F. Jardella (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Miserere

• Performer: F. Jardella (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Norrita, Joseph : Andante for clarinet

• Performer: Joseph Norrita (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.

Stengler, August : Les Alsachiennes, bolero for clarinet

• Performer: August Stengler (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.

Stengler, August : Echoes from Ireland, for clarinet (based on 2 Irish folk melodies)

• Performer: August Stengler (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.

Foster, Stephen : Swanee River

• Performer: August Stengler (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851

McNeice, George : The Two Volunteers, for 2 clarinets

• Performers: George McNeice (Clarinet); August Stengler (Clarinet)
• Notes: This work was written in collaboration with August Stengler.
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.

Titl, Anton Emil : Serenade for 2 clarinets

• Performers: George McNeice (Clarinet); August Stengler (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Foster, Stephen : My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano

• Performer: George McNeice (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1853

Thornton, E.S. : Comin' Thro' the Rye, variations for clarinet & piano

• Performer: George McNeice (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1882

Pryor, Arthur [Trombone] : Little Nell

• Performer: George McNeice (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Bassi, Luigi : Rigoletto Fantasia di Concerto :: Cara Nome

• Performer: T. Pusinelli (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Thornton, E.S. : Comin' Thro' the Rye, variations for clarinet & piano

• Performer: T. Pusinelli (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1882

Pryor, Arthur [Trombone] : Variations on Blue Bells of Scotland

• Performer: T. Pusinelli (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Carey, Henry : Sally in Our Alley, two versions

• Performer: William Tuson (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Hanby, Benjamin R. : Darling Nelly Gray

• Performer: William Tuson (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 18th Century

Thomas, Ambroise : Mignon :: Gavotte

• Performer: William Tuson (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1866

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Robert le Diable :: Cavatina

• Performer: William Tuson (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Foster, Stephen : Uncle Ned

• Performer: William Tuson (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Balfe, Michael : The Bohemian Girl :: Heart Bowed Down

• Performer: William Tuson (Clarinet)
• Notes: Composition written: 1843.
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843

Kiralfy, Bolossy : Mathias Sandorf :: Ballet Music

• Performer: William Tuson (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1888

Moore, Thomas : The Minstrel-Boy

• Performer: William Tuson (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Kling, Henri : Two Little Bullfinches, polka for 2 clarinets

• Performers: William Tuson (Clarinet); Georges Rubel (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Thornton, E.S. : Comin' Thro' the Rye, variations for clarinet & piano

• Performer: Louis Christie (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1882

Traditional, Scottish : The Bluebells of Scotland

• Performer: Louis Christie (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.

Donizetti, Gaetano : Maria Padilla :: [Excerpt]

• Performers: Anthony Giammatteo (Clarinet); Julius Spindler (Flute)
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1841

Ponchielli, Amilcare : Il Convegno :: Divertimento

• Performers: Frederick Brissett (Clarinet); Anthony Giammatteo (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Lovreglio, Donato : Fantasia on themes from Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, for clarinet & piano

• Performers: Pietro Caso (Flute); Anthony Giammatteo (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic