Rose 32 Etudes for Clarinet

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Clarinet in Bb, Piano — Cyrille Rose’s 32 Etudes for Clarinet based on theetudes of Franz Wilhelm Ferling continue to be the cornerstoneof clarinet instruction and study in the United Statesfor advanced students from high school through college.Daniel Bonade was a key figure in popularizing theRose Etudes in the United States. Bonade studied withHenri Lefebvre, a pupil of Cyrille Rose at the ParisConservatoire, and was recruited by Leopold Stokowski tojoin the Philadelphia Orchestra, where he served as principalclarinetist from 1917 to 1922 and subsequently from1924 to 1930. Bonade later filled the same position in theCleveland Orchestra from 1933 to 1941. During thoseyears, he taught at the Curtis Institute and the JuilliardSchool, and became the most influential clarinet teacher inthe United States. Bonade used the Rose Etudes as a primarysource for instructing his students in the developmentof proper phrasing, tone, style, and articulation. Hisstudents included many clarinetists who later became masterteachers in their own right, such as Anthony Gigliotti,Mitchell Lurie, and Robert Marcellus, to name only a few.When I began the serious study of the Rose Etudes withxa0my teacher Dominick Fera, we spent time “fixing” variousetudes and correcting misprints, such as incorrect timesignatures, a wrong number of beats in a measure, andquestionable notes. Later, when working with students ofmy own, additional errors or inconsistencies were identifiedthat required further editing. In order to save valuablelesson time, I decided to prepare an edition for use by mystudents that incorporated all of these corrections. Duringthe process of preparing this edition, I consulted all of theavailable versions of the Rose 32 Etudes and the Ferling 48Etudes, Op. 31 for oboe or saxophone, which were importantsources for determining correct notes, articulationsand such like. It is sincerely hoped that the end result willbe helpful to students and teachers alike.Breath, tempo, and other markings have not beenadded so that decisions regarding phrasing, tempo, andstyle may be gleaned from the study of the individualetude using only the markings provided by Rose or Ferlingas a guide.I would like to dedicate this edition to my teacher,mentor, and friend Dominick Fera. Carl Fischer Music's best-selling 32 Rose Etudes for Clarinet has been given a fresh new look and added value with a gorgeous new cover and download containing not only MP3 piano accompaniment tracks composed and recorded by John Walker, but also printable PDFs for all 32 piano accompaniments. This edition of the best-selling 32 Rose Etudes for clarinet students is a repackaging of the 2002 revised/corrected edition with accompaniment downloads, previously sold separately. Meticulously revised and edited by clarinetist Melvin Warner, this edition contains valuable insight into both the original author Cyrille Rose and Franz Wilhelm Ferling, on whose music the Rose studies were based. Parker's accompaniments further enhance the musical quality of these etudes while making practice and performance more meaningful. Many of these beautiful, melodic etudes are perfect for recital use as well. With this new edition, a classic and trusted method becomes all the more indispensable.