With new information in every chapter, the second edition of Albert Rice's book on the Baroque clarinet becomes even more valuable than the first. Readers can always depend on Dr. Rice to provide a thoroughly researched account of the clarinet's early history. In this new edition he has compiled substantial data on previously unknown chalumeau repertoire and performers, greatly extending our knowledge of this important instrument.
Albert R. Rice is a researcher, clarinetist, past president of the American Musical Instrument Society, and review editor for the AMIS Journal and Newsletter, and an appraiser of musical instruments. He is the author of several books on the history of the clarinet, including The Clarinet in the Classical Period (OUP, 2003), From the Clarinet d'Amour to the Contra Bass: A History of Large Size Clarinets, 1740-1860 (OUP, 2009), and,
most recently, Notes for Clarinetists: A Guide to the Repertoire (OUP, 2017).