Review: The Classical clarinet: Albert R. Rice, The clarinet in the Classical period

Hoeprich, Eric

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“…That of Tausch's relative neglect is worthy of a little more consideration. With the exception of broad studies of organology and repertoire by Hoeprich and Rice, 102 the historiography of the clarinet in the eighteenth and nineteenth century is dominated by a handful of individuals whose posthumous, iconic status is defined by their position as 'muses' to particular composers: Anton Stadler and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Heinrich Baermann and Carl Maria von Weber, Johann Simon Hermstedt and Louis Spohr, and later in the nineteenth century, Richard Mühlfeld and Johannes Brahms. 103 This is of course a reflection of a musicology that until recently was structured around the canon and a hierarchy that placed composition above performance.…”

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‘The Uttermost Perfection of all Wind Instruments’: Franz Tausch (1762–1817) as Virtuoso Clarinettist and Director of the Conservatorium Der Bläseinstrumente in Berlin

Worthington¹

2020

Music and Letters

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The life of clarinettist Franz Tausch (1762–1817) spanned a formative period of development both for his instrument and the culture he operated within, yet he has been neglected because of his lack of association with a major composer. Tausch received his musical education at the Mannheim and Munich courts, where he was exposed to broad cultural and musical influences. His compositions for clarinet show his playing to have foreshadowed the virtuosity associated with his pupils Heinrich Baermann and Bernhard Henrik Crusell. This can particularly be seen in his exploitation of the new possibilities afforded by instruments with a fully chromatic bottom octave, as well as in his incorporation of extreme high-register writing in his concertos. Tausch’s transition from a life of court service to successfully establishing himself within the diverse musical culture and social hierarchy of Berlin is documented in the changing nature of his compositions as well as contemporary written sources. His life is a case study of a trajectory typical of many musicians working at the end of the eighteenth century.

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‘The Uttermost Perfection of all Wind Instruments’: Franz Tausch (1762–1817) as Virtuoso Clarinettist and Director of the Conservatorium Der Bläseinstrumente in Berlin

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2020

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Review: The Classical clarinet: Albert R. Rice, The clarinet in the Classical period

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‘The Uttermost Perfection of all Wind Instruments’: Franz Tausch (1762–1817) as Virtuoso Clarinettist and Director of the Conservatorium Der Bläseinstrumente in Berlin

‘The Uttermost Perfection of all Wind Instruments’: Franz Tausch (1762–1817) as Virtuoso Clarinettist and Director of the Conservatorium Der Bläseinstrumente in Berlin

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