Performing early music on the modern clarinet : a new look, with performance editions of five new transcriptions

Abstract

Although there exists many transcriptions of early music for clarinet, they do not hold a major place in most clarinetists’ performance repertoire. Part I of this paper examines select published transcriptions to identify the issues that come with the performance and transcribing process of this music. Part II presents five new transcriptions that aim to address the problems identified in the previous section, alongside background information and performance practice suggestions for each piece.