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Woodwind Resources

This is a guide to locating information and materials related to woodwind instruments in the Music Library.

Repertoire Guides & Other General Works

Brixel, Eugen. Klarinetten-Bibliographie.
Reference: ML 128 .C58 B74 1977

Ellsworth, Jane. A Dictionary for the Modern Clarinetist.
Reference: ML 102 .C54 E45 2015

Gee, Harry R. Clarinet Solos de Concours, 1897-1980: An Annotated Bibliography.
Reference: ML 128 .C58 G43 1981

Gillespie, James E. Solos for Unaccompanied Clarinet: An Annotated Bibliography of Published Works.
Reference: ML 128 .C58 G54 1973

Haug, Hermann. Bibliography and Discography on Music for Solo Wind Instruments and Orchestra.
Reference: ML 128 .W5 H381 2004 v.2

International Clarinet Society. Catalog of the International Clarinet Society Score Collection.
Reference: ML 136 .C66 I67 1990

Clarinet Instruction & Study

Davies, John. Essential Clarinet Technique: Tone, Intonation, Articulation, Finger Technique.
MT 382 .D26

Ely, Mark C., and Amy E. Van Deuren. Wind Talk for Woodwinds: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching Woodwind Instruments.
MT 339.5 .E49 2009

Gingras, Michèle. Clarinet Secrets: 52 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Clarinetist.
MT 380 .G551 2006

Gingras, Michèle. More Clarinet Secrets: 100 Quick Tips for the Advanced Clarinetist.
MT 380 .G56 2011

Hadcock, Peter. The Working Clarinetist: Master Classes with Peter Hadcock.
MT 386 .H13 1999

Pino, David. The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing.
MT 380 .P561 1998

Rehfeldt, Phillip. New Directions for Clarinet.
ML 945 .R43 1994

Ridenour, Thomas. The Annotated Book of Altissimo Clarinet Fingerings: An Invaluable Workbook and Guide for the Serious Clarinetist.
MT 380 .R54

Stubbins, William H. The Study of the Clarinet: For Soprano, Alto or Bass Clarinet.
MT 382 .S93 1966

Clarinet History & Construction

Baines, Anthony. Woodwind Instruments and Their History.
ML 930 .B16 1963

Brymer, Jack. Clarinet.
ML 945 .B92 1979

Gibson, O. Lee. Clarinet Acoustics.
ML 946 .G51 1994

Heaton, Roger. The Versatile Clarinet.
ML 948 .V471 2006

Hoeprich, Eric. The Clarinet.
ML 945 .H64 2008

Lawson, Colin, ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet.
ML 945 .C361 1995

Lawson, Colin. The Early Clarinet: A Practical Guide.
ML 945 .L391 2000

Page, Janet K., et al. "Clarinet." In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Reference: ML 100 .N53 2001
also available electronically: "Clarinet" in Oxford Music Online

Rice, Albert R. The Baroque Clarinet.
ML 945 .R51 1992

Rice, Albert R. The Clarinet in the Classical Period.
ML 945 .R521 2003

Rice, Albert R. From the Clarinet d'Amour to the Contra Bass: A History of Large Size Clarinets, 1740-1860.
ML 945 .R525 2009