David Hite

Largely self-educated, Finnish composer Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838) aggresively pursued a career as a professional clarinetist, both in Finland's military bands and also as principal clarineti...

This famous composition (the eighth piece in Debussy's first book of Preludes) is named after the eponymous poem by Leconte de Lisle. It is known for its musical simplicity, which contrasts from Debus...

The work is based on two of Rossini's most moving dramatic arias and remains one of the most popular virtuosic works for clarinet to this day. This title is available from Southern Music for rental, w...

Originally for clarinet and string quartet, this beautiful Adagio has over the years been mistakingly attributed to Richard Wagner (1813-183). In 1964, however, Hans-Georg Bach publicized his research...

The material in this second book of the Barrett studies offers the student the opportunity to continue to develop and refine his musicianship. The sonata form which Baret used for these compositions m...

The '36 Progressive Studies' and the 'Sonata Per I Sbalzi' in this edition are taken from the 2nd volume of the prize-winning Metodo Progressivo per Clarinetto by Gaetano Labanchi. The three-part meth...

From Hob. III:81, this Finale from Haydn's string quartet has been transcribed for a mixed clarinet quartet. The 3rd clarinet and alto clarinet parts both are derived from the viola, allowing the play...

This transcription for clarinet choir of the well-known pavane by Maurice Ravel was edited by David Hite. All the beauty of this excellent composition has been retained and adapted to the clarinet fam...

This piece is the first movement of the Mozart String Quartet, K387. The style of composition used in this movement lends itself well to clarinets with little or no change to the original score. The e...

This second volume of David Hite's Melodious and Progressive Studies has become part of the standard teaching repertoire for all oboe players/students. It includes: 16 Caprices (Gambaro); 14 Etudes fr...

The material in this second book of the Barrett studies offers the student the opportunity to continue to develop and refine his musicianship. The sonata form which Baret used for these compositions m...

This collection includes 40 etudes that have been adapted for saxophone from oboist A.M.R. Barret's marvelous melodic studies. Each of the studies includes a saxophone accompaniment part adapted from...

The material in this second book of the Barrett studies offers the student the opportunity to continue to develop and refine his musicianship. The sonata form which Baret used for these compositions m...

This three movement sonata is one of several works by Marcello written for string bass. It is an excellent composition for bass clarinet or Bb contra-bass clarinet in style as well as range. Musically...

Originally scored for two clarinets with band accompaniment, Il Convegno (The Meeting) was written in 1868 during Ponchielli's tenure with the Cremona Municipal Band. In the hands of capable clarineti...

Originally scored for two clarinets with band accompaniment, Il Convegno (The Meeting) was written in 1868 during Ponchielli's tenure with the Cremona Municipal Band. In the hands of capable clarineti...

Scherzo is the third movement of the first String Quartet, Opus 18, No. 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was composed in 1800 when Beethoven was 30 years old. This movement lends itself very nicely to th...

This menuetto from Mozart's String Quartet in G Major (K. 387) has been transcribed and arranged for Bb clarinet quartet by David Hite.

Revised by Daniel Bonade and David Hite.

Originally written by the 18th century composer in 1726 for the violin in E Major, this arrangment by David Hite has been transcribed to F Major so that it better suits the clarinet. Movements include...

This transcription for Bb Clarinet is by David Hite.