Charles Stier > Teaching > Recommended Reading for Clarinetists

Apel, Willi. Harvard Dictionary of Music. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972.
Baines, Anthony. Woodwind Instruments and Their History. New York: Norton, 1957.
Bamberger, Carl. The Conductor's Art
Bobbett, Gordon C. Talent v. Skill
Bonade, Daniel. The Clarinetist's Compendium. Kenosha, WI: Leblanc, 1962.
Bornoff, Jack. Music and the 20th Century Media
Brixel, Eugen. Klarinetten Bibliographie. Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, 1978.
Cage, John. Notations. New York: Something Else Press, 1969.
Carse, Adam. The Orchestra from Beethoven to Berlioz
Carse, Adam. The Orchestra in the 18th Century
Carse, Adam. The History of Orchestration. New York: Dover, 1964.
Chavez. Musical Thought
Clausewitz, Carl von. The Art of War
Coar, Dr. Birchard. The Masters of the Classical Period as Conductors
Comprehensive Dissertation Abstracts. (Obtain current print-out from Library Reference Section for all Clarinet Doctoral Dissertations).
Cowell, Henry. American Composers on American Music: A Symposium
Errante, F. Gerard. A Selective Clarinet Bibliography. Oneonta, NY: Swift-Dorr, 1973.
Finkelstein, Sidney. How Music Expresses Ideas
Gilbert, Richard. The Clarinetist's Discography. Published by the Author, 52 Kohring Circle South, Harrington, NJ 07640.
Goldin, Milton. The Music Merchants
Gropius, Walter. The Curse of Conformity
Heim, Norman. Clarinet Literature in Outline
Helm, Eugene and Albert T. Luper. Words and Music: Forms and Procedure. Hackensack, NJ: Boonin, 1971.
Helm. Everett. Composer Performer Public: A Study for Communication
Herrigal, Eugen. Zen in the Art of Archery. New York: Pantheon, 1953.
Hindemith, Paul. Elementary Training for Musicians. New York: Associated Music Press, 1946.
Keller, Hermann. Phrasing and Articulation
Krell, J. Kincaidiana: A Flute Player's Notebook. Culver City, CA, 1973.
Kroll, Oskar. The Clarinet. London: Batsford, 1968.
Martens, Frederick H. Violin Mastery. New York: Stokes, 1919.
Mason, Daniel Gregory. Tune In, America
Matthews. W.S.B. Music: Its Ideas and Methods
Musashi, Miyamoto. A Book of Five Rings. Woodstock, NY: Overlook, 1974.
Opperman, Kalmen. Repertory of the Clarinet. New York: Ricordi, 1960.
Perry, Rosalie Sandra. Charles Ives and the American Mind
Pleasants, Henry. The Agony of Modern Music
Pye, David. The Nature and Art of Workmanship. Cambridge, Great Britain: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Read, Sir Herbert. Art and Life
Rendall, F. Geoffrey. The Clarinet. London: Ernest Bern, 1954.
Rosen, Charles. The Classical Style. New York: Norton, 1972.
Rosenburg, Robert. Music and Its Environment
Rothschild, Fritz. The Lost Tradition in Music
Ruskin, John. The Stones of Venice
Schmidt, Robert. A Clarinetist's Notebook, Volume I: Care and Repair. Published by the Author, Ithaca College, School of Music, Ithica, NY 14850.
Schonberg, Harold. The Lives of the Great Composers. New York: Norton, 1970.
Spengler, Oswald. The Decline of the West
Stanislavski, Constantin. An Actor Prepares. New York: Theatre Arts, 1936.
Stein, Keith. The Art of Clarinet Playing. Evanston, IL: Summy-Birchard, 1958.
Stier, Charles. On Performance
Stier, Charles with Charles Mansfield. Clarinet Reeds--Definitive Instruction in an Elusive Art
Stier, Charles. What Happens After Graduation? The Classical Musician and the Music Business
Stubbins, William. The Art of Clarinetistry. Ann Arbor, MI: Ann Arbor Publishers, 1965.
Sullivan, J.W.N. Beethoven: His Spiritual Development. New York: Mentor, 1927.
Toch, Ernst. The Shaping Forces in Music. New York: Criterion Music, 1956.
Tovey, Donald. Essays in Music Literature
Tzu, Lao. The Way of Life. New York: Mentor, 1955.
Tzu, Sun. The Art of War. London: Oxford Press, 1963.
Weinberg, Anton. Unfinished Sentences. Published by the Author, 78 Smallwood Road, London SW17 0TW, UK e-mail
Weston, Pamela. Clarinet Virtuosi of the Past. London: Hale, 1971.
Wilkins, Wayne. Index of Clarinet Music. Magnolia, Arkansas: The Music Register, 1975.

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