Alto Clarinet (mvim_ae_co_0044) - Museu Virtual de Instrumentos Musicais

Alto Clarinet Lefèvre | MIDC

Audio & Video Records

The instruments featured in these videos / audios are not museum items, but similar ones. The visual resources used in the materials are not for profit. The visual resource is used as a way to illustrate the use of a musical instrument with an educational purpose.

Audio

Instruments: Alto clarinet

Work: Thirteen

Composer: Matthew F. Morris

Interpreter: Matthew F. Morris

Source: Audio originally posted by Youtube Channel Mormfmusic, titled “Thirteen (alto clarinet solo).mov”.

Video

Instrument: Alto clarinet and piano
Work: Libertango
Compositor: Astor Piazzolla
Interpreter: Kiyoshi Arai
Source: Video originally published by the darrencjc Youtube Channel, titled “Libertango played on the E flat Alto Clarinet”.

Instrument: Alto clarinet
Work: Solfeggieto
Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Interpreter: Mark Wolbers
Source: Video originally published by the thisguy41487 Youtube Channel, titled “CPE Bach – Solfeggieto (Alto Clarinet)”.

Further Information

Description

Instrument made of grenadilla wood, of a cylindrical shape, and with five parts: mouthpiece, barrel joint, upper joint, lower joint, bell. It is tuned in Mi flat. The Mi flat clarinet, as well as the other instruments of the set of clarinets, is a single reed aerophone, this one being embedded in the mouthpiece. In order to play, the musician places the reed on the inferior lip (which is folded over the teeth), and positions the superior teeth on the upper part of the mouthpiece (bevel), producing an air current. The museum’s item does not have a barrel joint.

Learn more

The alto clarinet is part of the set of clarinets, it is normally tuned in Mi flat, and its strumming is similar to the soprano clarinet. The instrument has a bright and full sound which enables a good mix with other sounds. This clarinet was used for the first time at the beginning of the 19th century in military bands in France and Germany, initially tuned in Fa and then in Mi. The use of the instrument was never permanently set in the orchestra, but the Mi flat clarinet is now quite used in American concert bands.

General Data

Classification

422.211.2 (Single) clarinets with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes

Item Data

Code

mvim_ae_co_0044

Date

Not determined

Place of Manufacture

France

Manufacturer / Author

Lefèvre

Material

grenadilla wood, nickel silver

Dimensions

L= 83cm W= 15cm H (bell)= 10,2

Marks and Inscriptions

Later inscription: Instituto Nacional de Música Rio de Janeiro. Original inscription: "LEFÊVRE A. PARIS".

Origin

Not determined

Location

MIDC/EM/UFRJ Aerophones 422.2 I2 Shelf 24

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