Immer Kleiner (always Smaller)
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Product ID: LW1 10260144
By Adolf Schreiner
Publisher:
LudwigMasters
Arranger:
Howard
Line Up:
Symphony Orchestra (Solo: Clarinet)
Level: 4
Set & Piano Conductor
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About this item
Immer Kleiner is a humorous fantasy featuring the clarinet with band, orchestra or the piano. The soloist plays the clarinet first in its entire construction and gradually disassembles the instrument as he performs. As the name "Immer Kleiner" implies, the solo instrument becomes smaller and smaller with each new movement, until the last portion of the solo is played using only the mouthpiece.
'During the years when I when was a clarinettist with the famous Conway Band, I had the opportunity to study and associate with many of the great windinstrumentalists. Knowing my interest in solos for the clarinet, Edmund Roelfsmann, Eb clarinettist with the band and Bass clarinettist with the New York Philharmonic, itroduced me to the piece, which is a "sure-fire" show stopper. There is more to the performance of "Immer Kleiner" than just the novelty of it. The soloist should have excellent technique and a "good ear" in order to play the instrument in tune, after removing one part after another. It will help any clarinettist to become intonation conscious while he, at the the same time, amazes the audience.'
George S. Howard, Col USAF
Instrumentation
1x PIANO CONDUCTOR
1x SOLO CLARINET IN Bb
3x FLUTE 1/2 /PICCOLO
1x OBOE
1x Bb CLARINET 1
1x Bb CLARINET 2/3
1x Eb ALTO SAX (opt.)
1x Bb TENOR SAX (opt.)
2x BASSOON 1/2
1x Bb TRUMPET 1
2x Bb TRUMPET 2/3
2x F HORN 1,3
2x F HORN 2,4
2x TROMBONE 1/2
1x TROMBONE 3
1x TUBA
2x PERCUSSION
1x TIMPANI
6x VIOLIN 1
6x VIOLIN 2
4x VIOLA
4x CELLO
4x STRING BASS
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Composer
Adolf Schreiner
Colonel George Sallade Howard (February 24, 1902-September 18, 1995) was commander and conductor of The United States Air Force Band between 1944 and 1963.
A native of Reamstown, Pennsylvania, Howard became a student of Patrick Conway at the Ithaca Conservatory of Music and played clarinet in Conway's professional band. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music education and taught at the Ohio Wesleyan University (where he became a member of Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity), Mansfield University and later at Penn State University. In 1942, Howard was commissioned into the Army Specialist Corps, and in 1947 Howard's reputation as a conductor led to his commission as leader of the newly formed Air Force Band.
Howard was elected President of the American Bandmasters Association in 1956, and became an Honorary Life Member in 1984. He served as Honorary Life President from 1986 until his death in 1995. The John Philip Sousa Foundation awards the The Colonel George S. Howard Citation of Musical Excellence for Military Concert Bands in Col. Howard's memory and the Air Force Band's annual young artists competition is named in his memory.
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