Catalogue Of Chamber Music For Oboe To 1800 PDF Download

Abstract: Research on heterogeneous wind duo groupings is rare, even though a representative collection of repertoire exists for several pairing combinations in both chamber music and double concerti. In the case of woodwind chamber music, composers first began writing for Harmonie wind ensembles comprised of two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons and two French horns in the late 1700's. Composers, however, have largely ignored a repertoire featuring the two highest voices of this genre (oboe and the clarinet) as a duo or wind combination paired with strings and/or piano until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Surprisingly, the instruments were used in conjunction much earlier in the eighteenth century in sinfonia concertantes, double concerti and other orchestral literature. This document will deal with often-neglected chamber works that utilize oboe and clarinet as the sole wind instruments. This repertoire includes works for: 1) oboe and clarinet, 2) oboe and clarinet with piano (including orchestral reductions as noted), 3) oboe and clarinet with one or more string instruments with and without piano, percussion, and voice, and 4) oboe and clarinet as double soloists with orchestra or wind ensemble. This last grouping, while not chamber works, will be addressed as they are closely related to the chamber music repertoire and are sometimes played as such. Compositions utilizing bass clarinet, English horn and other related family members in the aforementioned combinations will also be included. Woodwind trios, quartets, quintets, etc. will not be addressed, as the focus of this paper will be on compositions that use oboe and clarinet (and family members) as their dominant woodwind voices. In addition to listing available repertoire, the following topics will be addressed: 1) the relationship of the oboe and clarinet in the orchestral setting, 2) the growth of the repertoire for this duo combination and the musicians involved and 3) resources for researching obscure chamber music.