cbm logo  

 

Calabrese Brothers Music, LLC


 

Contemporary Classical Music Publishing

 


 

2153 Vermont Avenue
Toms River, NJ 08755

ph: 732-793-5169

helmutcalabrese@gmail.com

  • Home
  • Composers in our catalogClick to open the Composers in our catalog menu
    • Hugh Aitken
    • William Anderson
    • Milton Babbitt
    • Christian Carey
    • Helmut C. Calabrese
    • Mattia Cova
    • Francesco Cultreri
    • Dominic Donato
    • Dinu Ghezzo
    • Patrick Hardish
    • Peter Jarvis
    • Rashid Kalimoullin
    • Chan Ji Kim
    • Arthur Kreiger
    • Eugene Lee
    • John Link
    • Ron Mazurek
    • Robert Moevs
    • Daniel Palkowski
    • Robert Pollock
    • Gene Pritsker
    • Kung Chi Shing
    • Michael Sperone
    • David Weisberg
    • Peter Westergaard
    • Carlton Wilkinson
    • David Saperstein
  • WORKS
  • Braille MusicClick to open the Braille Music menu
    • Vocal Music
    • Percussion
  • Compact Discs
  • Choral MusicClick to open the Choral Music menu
    • Choral with Piano Unless Noted
    • Choral Elementary with Piano
    • Hymns
  • Church MusicClick to open the Church Music menu
    • Church Choir
    • Vocal Music
    • Keyboard
    • Hymns
  • Solo Percussion CollectionsClick to open the Solo Percussion Collections menu
    • Solo Percussion Collections
    • Composers Guild of New Jersey Vibraphone Commission
    • A Twenty-First Century Timpani Anthology
    • Hand Drum Solos: An Annotated Anthology
    • Drumset Music for the Concert State Volume 1
  • DuosClick to open the Duos menu
    • Duo for Bass Clarinet and Percussion
    • Duo for Clarinet in B flat and Bass Drum
    • Duo for Clarinet in B flat and Drumset
    • Duo for Drum Set and Marimba
    • Duo for Flute and Percussion
    • Duo for Guitar
    • For Guitar and Drums
    • Duo for Marimba
    • Duo for Marimba and Vibraphone
    • Duo for Percussion
    • Duo for Piano and Percussion
    • Duo for Piano and Strings
    • Duo for Piano and Woodwind
    • Duo for Tuba and Drums
    • Duo for Vibraphone
    • Duo for Voice and Vibraphone
  • GuitarClick to open the Guitar menu
    • Solo Guitar
  • Mixed EnsembleClick to open the Mixed Ensemble menu
    • Woodwind
    • Woodwind and Strings
  • Method Books
  • OrchestraClick to open the Orchestra menu
    • Orchestra
    • Orchestra with Chorus and Optional Solo Voice
    • Orchestra with Electronic Sound
    • Orchestra with Solo Voice
  • PercussionClick to open the Percussion menu
    • Solo Drum Set
    • Solo Drum Set and Electronic Sounds
    • Solo Double Bass Drum
    • Solo Percussion with Electronic Sound
    • Solo Drum Set and Interactive Electronics
    • Solo Glockenspiel
    • Solo Gong
    • Solo Hand Drum
    • Solo Percussion
    • Solo Percussion Collections
    • Solo Marimba
    • Solo Snare Drum
    • Solo Xylophone
    • Solo Vibraphone
    • Solo Timpani
    • Duo for Bass Clarinet and Percussion
    • Duo for Clarinet in B flat and Drum Set
    • Duo for Drum Set and Marimba
    • Duo for Flute and Percussion
    • Duo for Guitar and Drums
    • Duo Clarinet in B flat and Drum Set
    • Percussion Quintet
    • Duo for Marimba
    • Duo for Marimba and Vibraphone
    • Duo for Percussion
    • Duo for Piano and Percussion
    • Duo Vibraphone
    • Duo for Voice and Vibraphone
    • Duo for Tuba and Drums
    • Percussion, Piano and Electronic Sound
    • Trio for Glockenspiel, Vibraphone and Percussion
    • Trio for Electric Guitar, Vibraphone and Piano
    • Trio for Percussion
    • Percussion Ensemble
    • Percussion Quartet
    • Quartet for Two Vibraphones and Two Marimbas
    • Quartet for Xylophone, Vibraphone, Marimba and Contrabass
  • PianoClick to open the Piano menu
    • Solo Piano
    • Solo Piano and Electronic Sound
  • StringsClick to open the Strings menu
    • Solo Viola
    • Solo Viola and Computer
    • Solo Violin
    • Solo Double Bass
  • QuartetsClick to open the Quartets menu
    • Percussion Quartet
    • String Quartet
    • Saxophone Quartet
    • Quartet for Two Vibraphones and Two Marimbas
    • Quartet for Xylophone, Vibraphone, Marimba and Contrabass
  • SolosClick to open the Solos menu
    • Hand Drum Solo
    • Solo Marimba
    • Solo Percussion
    • Solo Percussion Collections
    • Solo Percussin with Electronic Sound
    • Solo Snare Drum
    • Solo Trombone
    • Solo Timpani
    • Solo Vibraphone
    • Solo Piano
    • Solo Piano and Electronic Sound
    • Solo Drum Set
    • Solo Double Bass Drum
    • Solo Glockenspiel
    • Solo Guitar
  • Vocal MusicClick to open the Vocal Music menu
    • English Art Songs
    • Italian Art Songs
    • Romanian, Hungarian and Greek Art Songs
    • Arias
  • WoodwindClick to open the Woodwind menu
    • Solo Clarinet and Electronic Sound
    • Solo Flute
    • Solo Clarinet
    • Solo Oboe
    • Solo Soprano Saxophone in B flat
    • Solo Piccolo
  • Services
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Duo Clarinet in B flat and Drum Set

Jazz Sonorities, Patrick Hardish

Product Description

Jazz Sonorities (2002) was composed for Esther Lamneck at her request and premiered by her and Barbara Allen on drums at the Loewe Theater of New York University on May 30, 2002. Ms. Lamneck asked me to compose a piece for either solo clarinet or clarinet and piano. I decided on the former to continue my ""Sonorities"" series of works for solo instruments which eventually resulted in Sonorities VII for solo b-flat clarinet (2003-04). However, shortly after getting started with my ""Sonorities VII"" I kept hearing the swinging sounds of a jazz clarinet backed up by a jazz drum set. Part of the reason I kept hearing these sounds is that I grew up listening to the big swing bands of such clarinet leaders as Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, and Jimmy Dorsey. These musicians were my first exposure to the clarinet. So I decided to first compose a piece for clarinet with a jazz quality and a swinging partly ad lib part for the drums and to put my solo clarinet piece for Esther on hold for a year. There was also a personal reason to use the drums in the piece. My first ambition in music was to be a jazz drummer and indeed I studied drums with a jazz drummer and played drums professionally in dance bands for several years.


Ms. Lamneck's part in this piece is almost entiirely written out except for a few measures of improvisation around the middle of the piece. The jazz quality of her part comes mostly in the prasing and using ""bluesy"" like pitch bends, slides, and microtones. The jazz quality of the drum set part is in the swinging beat that is used throughout most of the piece. The influence of the famous recording of ""Sing Sing Sing, with a swing"" by Benny Goodman & his orchestra in 1937 featuring Gene Krupa on drums is heard in the middle section when the drummer switches to a beat on the floor tom and high tom for several measures. Also, the Afro Cuban section toward the end of the piece was influenced by the many recordings of Stan Kenton & his orchestra particularly the 1950 Pete Rugolo arrangement of Cole Porter's ""Love for Sale."" In the drum solo of the Afro Cuban section which is near the end can use optional claves and/or maracas (1-2 additional players). At the premiere the composer joined in this section on maracas. The drum set calls for a bass drum, floor tom, snare drum, high tom, ride cymbal, sizzle cymbal, and hi-hat."
--Patrick Hardish

Copyright © Calabrese Brothers Music, LLC. All rights reserved.

Web Hosting by Yahoo

2153 Vermont Avenue
Toms River, NJ 08755

ph: 732-793-5169

helmutcalabrese@gmail.com