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Clarinet A beautiful and unique texture of the clarinet sound is charming. The closed, wooden, cylinder-conic tube of the clarinet creates specific acoustic. When one plays clarinet music it seems like it is coming from the faraway. A brief summarization of clarinet history and manufacturers, classical and classical jazz clarinet performers, classical clarinet and jazz composers (song writers), classical repertoires, well known old days jazz music, and famous orchestras, the Colorado and Philadelphia ones.
History and Manufacturers Chalumeau or single-reed woodwind is a predecessor of nowadays clarinet and was made in late 1600s. In 1700s the woodwind maker from Germany Johann Christoph Denner improved the chalumeau by adding two more keys, reed, and separating the mouthpiece. Since 1700s, the clarinet look was changed and modified numerous times, up until its body became as we see it nowadays. The keys number was always under development as well. Sometime around 1820s, clarinet contained from twelve to thirteen keys; Whereas, modern clarinets contain from seventeen to eighteen keys. In 1850, …show more content…

The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra is a magnificent giant music box of the USA. Its charming design taking breath away from thousands of visitors daily. The professionalism of the Orchestra musicians is well known worldwide. Just as Colorado Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra contains dozens of their own musicians. For the 2015-2016 season, the Orchestra's clarinetists are Ricardo Morales, Principal, Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Chair, Samuel Caviezel, Associate Principal, Sarah and Frank Coulson Chair, Paul r. Demers, Bass Clarinet, Peter M. Joseph and Susan Rittenhouse Joseph Chair. If I would travel to Philadelphia I would definitely visit the wonderful place Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra to enjoy world premiers and listen to great

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