These are the famous Jack Gale 12 Jazz Duets (originally for Trombones and Trumpets), masterfully edited for 2 Tenor Saxophones or Clarinets by Mike Titlebaum, Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at Ithaca College. This edition includes new and expanded insights on how to best play these fantastic and swinging duets. Any...
Composer: Strauss, Johann and JosephArranger: Grimaldi, ScottEnsemble: Clarinet DuoGenre: ClassicalGrade: 4Duration: 2Model: AOS1248
For two Clarinets. The Pizzicato Polka was composed by Johann Strauss with his brother in 1869 for a trip to Imperial Russia. It was published in 1870, originally for string orchestra and glockenspiel. It was hugely popular, especially in Italy, where it was included on every program Strauss played there.
For Clarinet in E♭ and Clarinet in B♭ from The Mikado, Act I, no. 7 In an 1885 interview, Gilbert stated that the short stature of the three female leads "suggested the advisability of grouping them as three Japanese school-girls" referred to in the opera as the "three little maids"....
