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Conradin Kreutzer
Trio for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano in E flat Major, Op.43
Conradin Kreutzer’s Trio in E flat Major for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano dates from 1825. It is filled with singable, catchy melodies, appealing chromaticism, and effective use of harmony. Kreutzer also inserts surprising effects such as unexpected tonalities.. The Trio is straight forward and not complicated. It is almost certain that Kreutzer had the burgeoning home music making market. But the work is more than a piece of “Hausmusik” in that it is worthy of concert performance. In three movements, it begins with a substantial Maestoso romanze introduction which leads to a genial Allegro moderato. The middle movement, Andante grazioso, is lyrical and elegant. The finale is a toe-tapping, light-hearted Rondo allegro.
Conradin Kreutzer (1780-1849) was born in the German town of Messkirch. He studied violin, clarinet, oboe, organ and piano as well voice as a young man. After briefly studying law in Freiburg, he went to Vienna where he studied composition with Albrechtsberger, one of Beethoven’s teachers. He enjoyed a career as a composers and music director holding posts in Vienna, Stuttgart, Cologne and a number of other German cities. Today, if he is remembered at all, it is for his opera Der Nachtlager von Granada. However, in his time, his chamber music was highly thought of and often performed. He was a gifted melodist and his style is that of the late classical and early romantic era and in many ways resembles that of Carl Maria von Weber.
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