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International Clarinet Association - ClarinetFest Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Müller highlighted his performance ideals (and those of the period) in the notes of his celebrated tutor of 1820: "...the player should practise using violin music, should treat the clarinet like other instruments, and should practise to become fluent in all tonalities". |
 | | It could be argued that this precise expectation in performance stemmed, in the early years, from the increasingly academic background of most composers at this time (pre-1890). |
 | | Until 1945, performances of moderate and fast movements were characterised by rapid tempi. |
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