This site is home to Alea Publishing & Recording, specializing in music for the bass clarinet.
We offer a growing catalog of creative, artistic transcriptions and new works for bass clarinet solo & ensemble.
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) was the leading Norwegian composer of the Romantic era. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to international awareness. His Lyric Pieces are a collection of 66 short pieces for piano solo. We are pleased to share this transcription by Allison King of nine of the pieces for clarinet quartet (2 clarinets, alto clarinet, bass clarinet).
There are no extremes of range or technical challenge for any of the players, making the volume quite accessible. As individual pieces or a set, they would make an excellent choice for contest or recital purposes. The volume includes the following pieces:
Extended-range instrument NOT required. Full score: 36 pages, spiral bound; Parts: 11 pages each, booklet format.
Listen to the pieces in their original instrumentation!
Kim Davenport
President
Duo Alea, the father-daughter duo of Michael and Kimberly Davenport, began performing music for bass clarinet and piano in 1996. As performers searching for new repertoire and teachers working with students eager to develop as performers, it quickly became clear that there was a need for more repertoire featuring the bass clarinet. Filling this need became the mission of Alea Publishing & Recording.
Since our first publication in 1997, the Alea catalog has now grown to include over 300 titles. We pride ourselves on the accuracy and quality of our sheet music, as well as our ability to ship directly to customers around the world.
We are proud of the diversity of our catalog in terms of the inclusion of works by composers and arrangers from around the world. We are interested in continuing to expand this diversity, representing musical ideas from around the world.
Following Michael's passing in 2019, Kim has taken over solo management of Alea Publishing. In 2020, Alea established the Dolphy Prize, an annual composition award for new works for bass clarinet by black composers.
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