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Offline gapoc459

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Instruments by Repertoire???
on: May 14, 2013, 12:26:06 AM
Today I was practicing clarinet (my secondary instrument -- I've been playing for only one year) and I realized how much I was looking forward to the "good repertoire" like the Brahms sonatas and, and... And what else?

I'm not saying necessarily that the clarinet has no good repertoire, but compared to the piano? There are hundreds of pieces off the top of my head that I wish I could play at the same time; I have to remind myself to concentrate on the few that I am practicing!

Which instruments have an extensive repertoire; and repertoire that is actually good music?
Currently working on Beethoven: 
Piano Concerto in C minor, Op. 37
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat, Op. 7
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata", Op. 57
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90

Offline j_menz

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Re: Instruments by Repertoire???
Reply #1 on: May 14, 2013, 12:37:15 AM
And what else?

https://imslp.org/index.php?title=Category:Scores_featuring_the_clarinet&transclude=Template:Catintro

Which instruments have an extensive repertoire; and repertoire that is actually good music?

Pretty much all of them except the Wagner Tuba.  Most common would be Violin, Cello, Flute, Organ and Trumpet.
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Offline iansinclair

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Re: Instruments by Repertoire???
Reply #2 on: May 14, 2013, 01:02:48 AM
https://imslp.org/index.php?title=Category:Scores_featuring_the_clarinet&transclude=Template:Catintro

Pretty much all of them except the Wagner Tuba.  Most common would be Violin, Cello, Flute, Organ and Trumpet.
True... there isn't that much for Wagner Tuba :)

Do you count voice as an instrument?  If so, I'd add that to your list!

I might also add that for all the instruments you list, not only is there a very large repertoire of really fine music, but that it spans a wide range of styles and eras from early renaissance (organ) to the latest (and greatest?) atonal material -- never mind jazz and the like.
Ian

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Re: Instruments by Repertoire???
Reply #3 on: May 14, 2013, 01:12:58 AM
Do you count voice as an instrument? 

Only when it's possessed by other people. Unless "instrument of torture" counts.
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