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These 27 papers present original research from the world's leading experts in clarinet and woodwind studies. This compilation celebrates the contributions to clarinet and woodwind scholarshp of the late Sir Nicholas Shackleton.
The papers have been edited by Arnold Myers, Chairman of the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, assisted by Eleanor Smith (University of Edinburgh) and Heike Fricke.
| Page xiii | Foreword
Arnold Myers, University of Edinburgh |
| Page 1 |
Nick Shackleton: Collector Extraordinaire William Waterhouse, London and Cheltenham |
| Page 7 |
The Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments: an Overview Heike Fricke, Berlin |
| Page 17 |
Musical History: Historical Music Colin Lawson, Royal College of Music, London |
| Page 25 |
The Viennese Wind Instrument Maker, Theodor Lotz (c 1747-1792) Melanie Piddocke, The Hague, Netherlands and Santes, France |
| Page 36 | Eleanor Smith, University of Edinburgh |
| Page 40 |
The Origins of French and German Clarinets Eric Hoeprich, Royal Conservatory of Music, The Hague, the Netherlands and Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Paris |
| Page 53 |
The Basset Horn in France in the 18th Century Jean Jeltsch, Université de Lille 3 Charles-de-Gaulle, Lille, France |
| Page 67 |
Clarinets of the Clinton Family James Joseph, Northumberland |
| Page 75 |
Iwan Müller's Soprano Clarinet: Structural Evolution towards Adophe Sax's Bass Clarinet Juncal Diago Ortega, University of Valladolid, Spain José-Modesto Diago Ortega, Professional Conservatory of Music of Soria, Spain |
| Page 78 |
The Bass Clarinets of Adolphe Sax and their Historical Importance Albert Rice, Fiske Museum, Claremont Colleges, California |
| Page 95 |
Clarinets by Adolphe Sax Thomas Reil, Uhingen, Germany |
| Page 109 |
The Early American Clarinet: Makers, Sellers, Players Jane Ellsworth, Eastern Washington University, Spokane, Washington, U.S.A. |
| Page 115 |
Boosey and Company: Trade in Clarinets in the Late 19th Century Kelly White, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Page 125 |
Clarinet Resources in the Boosey & Hawkes Collection and Archive E. Bradley Strauchen, Horniman Musuem, London |
| Page 135 |
The Clarinets in the Collection of the Royal College of Music, London Ingrid Pearson, Royal College of Music, London |
| Page 145 |
The Gaida Bagpipe in the Evros region of Greek Thrace Haris Sarris, University of Athens |
| Page 153 |
A Prescription for the Clarinet's Sore Throat: Throat B-flat Mechanisms as Illustrated by Clarinets from the Nicholas J. Shackleton Collection Deborah Check Reeves, National Music Museum, University of South Dakota, Vermillion |
| Page 167 |
The Reform Boehm system: Right Compromise Between French and German Systems ? Luigi Magistrelli, Italy |
| Page 175 |
Stubbins SK System Clarinet Nophachai Cholthitchanta, Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences, University of Arkansas, U.S.A. |
| Page 185 |
Clarinet Forked Eb/Bb; a New Approach John Playfair, U.K. |
| Page 189 |
Geometry Versus Performance of a Clarinet Mouthpiece William Peatman, Berlin |
| Page 209 |
The Home Key of the Clarinet John Dick, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, U.K. |
| Page 219 |
Clarinets and Tárogatók used in the Viennese Court Opera under the direction of Gustav Mahler Beatrix Darmstaedter, Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
| Page 231 |
The "Melba Gift": the Role of Woodwind and Brass Instruments in the History of the Stabilisation of Pitch Standards in Melbourne in the early Twentieth Century Simon Purtell, Norman Macgeorge Scholar, University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Page 237 |
Brazilian clarinet music by the composer Francisco Mignone and his "Concertino for clarinet and orchestra" Fernando Silveira, Rio de Janeiro State Federal University, Brazil |
| Page 242 |
The Derivation of Contemporary Performing Techniques Ian Mitchell, Trinity College of Music, London |
| Page 249 |
The New Clarinet in Japan E. Michael Richards, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. |
Proceedings of the Clarinet and Woodwind Colloquium 2007
edited by Arnold Myers, Eleanor Smith and Heike Fricke
Book design by Heike Fricke
Published by Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments
July 2012. 272 pages.
ISBN 978 0 907635 59 8
This page updated: 11.5.12
E-mail communications to: euchmi@ed.ac.uk