| Summary: | This study is an analytical survey of the known original clarinet concertos with wind accompaniment, written by American composers between January 1, 1978, and December 31, 1987. The accompanying wind groups were classified as either a symphonic band, wind ensemble, jazz ensemble, or any chamber ensemble which requires a conductor. Excluded were arrangements, transcriptions, and solo works with percussion ensemble. The twenty works located consisted of thirteen concertos with symphonic band or wind ensemble, three concertos with jazz ensemble, two concertos with a mixed chamber group of winds and solo strings, one concerto with clarinet choir, one double concerto for clarinet and saxophone with wind ensemble, and one triple concerto for clarinet, piano and string bass with a mixed chamber ensemble. === The concertos were analyzed to determine the general stylistic, theoretical, technical, and musical characteristics which would provide a potential soloist or conductor with concise and accurate information to assist in determining the practicality of a performance. A brief biography of each composer was compiled using published information and biographical data supplied by the composer. === The concertos represent a wide diversity in musical styles ranging from very conservative tonal writing through the most current contemporary techniques. The works vary in performance difficulty from those written for average high school performers to those composed for professional level artists. === There appears to be a strong interest among American composers to write concerted works for clarinet and winds, as evidenced by a significant increase in the number of concertos written in the surveyed ten-year span as compared to any previous decade since 1900. === Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-12, Section: A, page: 3949. === Major Professor: Frank Kowalsky. === Thesis (D.M.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
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