25 Solos for Clarinet

This collection of pieces gleaned from the unaccompanied works of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) will broaden the horizons of the amateur, student, and professional musicians alike. The transcriptions for the clarinet serve as a teaching aid, helping the study of form, phrasing, style, and other aspects of music. The music is excellent for performance use. Register adjustments to the music were made where needed to accommodate the clarinet range limitations and to be as faithful as possible to Bach's original compositions, striving for consistency and melodic line continuity. All editorial markings (trills, dynamics, articulations, etc.) are open to interpretation. The first set of pieces, "Partita, BWV 1013," is heavily edited to show that, keeping within the standard performance practice of the Baroque style, experimentation is expected and encouraged.