Publisher's Synopsis
In the Footsteps of Mozart's Clarinetist: Anton Stadler (1753-1812) is the first in-depth study of the achievements of Viennese clarinetist Anton Stadler in English, including his five-year tour of Europe taking him as far away as St. Petersburg, and, of paramount importance, his friendship with W. A. Mozart, resulting in Mozart's monumental works for clarinet, the Clarinet Concerto, K. 622 and Quintet, K. 581, written for Stadler's unique Bass Klarinet (today called "basset clarinet"), having a extended lower chromatic range to written small c by the most widely published author and speaker on Stadler, clarinetist and musicologist, Pamela L. Poulin, Ph.D