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Johann Christoph Denner (13 August 1655 – 26 April 1707) [1] was a German woodwind instrument maker of the Baroque era, to whom the invention of the clarinet is attributed. Denner was born in Leipzig to a family of horn-tuners.
Fingering chart from Museum musicum theoreticalo practicum, 1732. Composers initially favored the chalumeau, but the clarinet soon overtook it in repertoire and ubiquity. Estienne Roger in Amsterdam published a set of duets for two chalumeaux in 1706 (prior to the first duets for clarinet).
Charles Swinnerton Heap: Clarinet Sonata (1879) [2] Theodore Gouvy: Clarinet Sonata, Op. 76 (1882) Ebenezer Prout: Clarinet Sonata, Op. 26 (1882) [3] Felix Draeseke: Clarinet Sonata (1887), which also can be played by a violin; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Sonata (c1893) [4] Josef Rheinberger:Clarinet Sonata, Op. 105a (1893) Johannes Brahms:
Donald Francis Tovey – Clarinet Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 16 (1906) [7] Charles Villiers Stanford – Clarinet Sonata, Op.129 (1911) [ 8 ] William Henry Bell – Clarinet Sonata in D minor (1926) [ 5 ]
The B ♭ soprano clarinet is the most common type, and is the instrument usually indicated by the word "clarinet". German instrument maker Johann Christoph Denner is generally credited with inventing the clarinet sometime around 1700 by adding a register key to the chalumeau, an earlier single-reed instrument. Over time, additional keywork and ...
Jacob Denner (1681 – 1735) was a woodwind instrument maker of Nuremberg. He was the son of Johann Christoph Denner , improver of the chalumeau and credited with the invention of the clarinet . Jacob is also well known for his recorders [ 1 ] which have become the model for many modern instruments. [ 2 ]
The contra-alto clarinet [2] is largely a development of the 2nd half of the 20th century, although there were some precursors in the 19th century: . In 1829, Johann Heinrich Gottlieb Streitwolf [], an instrument maker in Göttingen, introduced an instrument tuned in F in the shape and fingering of a basset horn, which could be called a contrabasset horn because it played an octave lower than it.
Matt Lavelle (bass clarinet) (born 1970) Joe Maneri (1927–2009) Michael Marcus (born 1952) Joe Marsala (1907–1978) Stan McDonald (born 1935) Hal McKusick (1924–2012) Mezz Mezzrow (1899–1972) Jean-Christian Michel (born 1938) Marcus Miller (born 1959) Gabriele Mirabassi (born 1967) Gussie Mueller (1890–1965) David Murray (born 1955 ...