Mozart Clarinet Concerto [Hardcover]

An analysis of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto - of supreme importance as the composer's last instrumental work.There are a number of special problems surrounding Mozart's last instrument work, since the autograph is lost and the unique instrument for which it was written has not survived. This text presents a wealth of background information, and an analysis of the Concerto as well as details of surviving relevant instruments.There are a number of special problems surrounding Mozart's last instrument work, since the autograph is lost and the unique instrument for which it was written has not survived. This text presents a wealth of background information, and an analysis of the Concerto as well as details of surviving relevant instruments.Mozart's Clarinet Concerto is of supreme importance as his last instrumental work. Yet there are a number of special problems surrounding the piece, since the autograph is lost and the unique instrument for which it was written has not survived. This book presents a wealth of background information, an analysis of the Concerto, discussion of performance practice and details of surviving relevant instruments.1. The eighteenth-century clarinet and its music; 2. Mozart, Stadler and the clarinet; 3. The genesis and reception of the Concerto; 4. Stadler's clarinet and its revival; 5. Mozart's original text; 6. Design and structure; 7. Performance practice; Appendices; Index.'... I found Lawson's painstaking and scholarly work delving into the origins of this unique masterpiece quite masterly.' Stephen Trier, Clarinet and Saxophone