Concerto for Clarinet (arr Heuschen)
Artie Shaw (arr. Daniel Heuschen)
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General Info
Year: 1941 / 1999
Duration: c. 8:25
Difficulty: V (solo); IV (ensemble) (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: HeBu Musikverlag
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €99.90
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Concerto for Clarinet is a composition for clarinet and jazz orchestra by Artie Shaw. The piece ends with a "legendary" altissimo C. The piece is a "pastiche thrown together out of some boogie-woogie blues, clarinet-over-tom tom interludes, a commonplace riff build-up towards the end, all encased in opening and closing virtuoso cadenzas for the leader's clarinet", according to Gunther Schuller.
Before his enlisted service in World War II, Artie Shaw was tasked with providing music for the movie Second Chorus which featured Fred Astaire. The film proved to be a failure, but Shaw extracted one of his works from the soundtrack, the Swing Concerto, and reworked it into his Concerto for Clarinet. The concerto was completed in 1940.
- Program Note from U.S. Marine Band concert program, 17 August 2016
Media
State Ratings
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Performances
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- Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.) Wind Ensemble (Andrew Mast, conductor; David Bell, clarinet) – 25 February 2023
- William Mason High School (Mason, Ohio) Wind Symphony (Avious Jacksong, conductor; Jocelyn Kang, clarinet) - 15 December 2016 (2016 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Concerto for Clarinet (arr. Cray) (1941)
- Concerto for Clarinet (arr. Parson) (1941/200-?)
- Concerto for Clarinet (arr. Heuschen) (1941/1999)
- A Tribute to Artie Shaw (arr. Christensen) (1996)
Resources
- Concerto for Clarinet (Shaw), Wikipedia Accessed 17 August 2016
- Shaw, A.; Heuschen, D. [1999]. Concerto for Clarinet and Band (score). HeBu-Musikverl: Kraichtal, Germany.