Dictionary of Music - Birding America

80 clarinettefig. 67 p/u from p. 84family, pitched in E-flat, a fifth below the B-flatclarinet. It sounds a major sixth lower than its musicis written. —contrabass clarinet Also, pedalclarinet, double-bass clarinet. A still larger memberof the clarinet family pitched two octaves below theB-flat clarinet.clarinette (klA rē net′).CLARINET.The French word forclarinette basse (klA rē net′ bAS′). The Frenchterm for bass clarinet (see under CLARINET.clarinetto (klä′′rē net′tô).CLARINET.The Italian word forclarinetto basso (klä′′ rē net′tô bäs′ô). The Italianterm for bass clarinet (see under CLARINET).octave below the B-flat clarinet. The bass clarinetis frequently used in orchestral music. —altoclarinet A medium-sized member of the clarinetclarino (klä rē′nô) Italian. 1 The trumpet onwhich the very high-pitched trumpet parts in someeighteenth-century music were played. (See alsoIMPORTANT CLASSIC COMPOSERSComposer Country Noted forLudwig van Beethoven* (1770–1827) Germany Symphonies, piano works, chamber music.Luigi Boccherini* (1743–1805) Italy Chamber music.Muzio Clementi* (1752–1832) Italy Piano music, études.Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799) Austria Many symphonies (c. 120), Singspiele, 40 soloconcertos (most for violin); also noted violinist.André Grétry (1741–1813) France Operas; instrumental and choral works.Franz Joseph Haydn* (1732–1809) Austria Symphonies, keyboard works, chamber music,choral works.Michael Haydn (1737–1806) Austria Symphonies, choral works. (Brother of Franz Joseph.)Johann Hummel* (1778–1837) Austria Piano works, chamber music.Padre Giovanni Battista Martini (1706–1784) Italy Writer on music, teacher (pupils included J. C. Bach,Grétry, Jommelli, Mozart); sacred music (Masses,oratorios), instrumental sinfonias, keyboard sonatas.Vicente Martín y Soler (1754–1806)Spain, Austria Operas, especially comic.Étienne Méhul (1763–1817) France Operas, patriotic music, symphonies.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart* (1756–1791) Austria Instrumental music, operas, choral works.Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831) Austria Symphonies, piano music, chamber music.Antonio Salieri (1750–1825) Italy, Austria Operas, sacred music concertos, chamber music,songs; taught Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt.Giovanni Battista Viotti* (1755–1824) Italy Concertos and other works for violin.* See separate article on each of these composers for additional information.