Clarinet sonata

A clarinet sonata is piece of music in sonata form for clarinet, often with piano accompaniment.

The Clarinet Sonatas by Brahms are of special significance to the clarinet repertoire. Written for clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld fairly late in Brahms' life, they are regarded as masterpieces by an icon of 19th century romantic music.^{[citation needed]}

Clarinet Sonatas

This list is approximately in chronological order.

• Felix Mendelssohn's Clarinet Sonata (1824)
• Theodore Gouvy's Clarinet Sonata, Op. 76 (1882)
• Felix Draeseke's Clarinet Sonata (1887), which also can be played by a violin
• Josef Rheinberger's Clarinet Sonata, Op. 105a (1893)
• Johannes Brahms's Clarinet Sonata No. 1 and Clarinet Sonata No. 2 (both 1894), which can also be played by a viola
• Max Reger's Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Clarinet Sonata No. 2 (both 1900) and Clarinet Sonata No. 3 (1909)
• Camille Saint-Saëns's Clarinet Sonata (1921) ^[1]
• John Cage's Sonata for Solo Clarinet (1933)
• Arnold Bax's Clarinet Sonata (1934)
• Antoni Szalowski's Clarinet Sonatina (1936)
• Paul Hindemith's Clarinet Sonata (1939)
• Leonard Bernstein's Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1942)
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Sonata op.128 for Clarinet and Piano (1945)
• Nino Rota's Sonata in E major for Clarinet and Piano (1945)
• Herbert Howells's Clarinet Sonata (1946)
• Malcolm Arnold's Clarinet Sonatina (1951)
• Francis Poulenc's Clarinet Sonata (1962); Sonata for 2 Clarinets, op. 7 (1918/1945); and Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon, op. 32 (1922/1945)
• Carleton Elliott's Sonatina In One Movement for Clarinet and Piano

Notes

1. ^ Sabina Teller Ratner, "Saint-Saëns, Camille: Works", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed 18 December 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access).

References

1. Burnet C. Tuthill, "Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano: Annotated Listings", Journal of Research in Music Education, Vol. 20, No. 3. (Autumn, 1972), pp. 308–328.