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The 20th century gave us major concertos by the Dane, Carl Nielson; the Englishman, Gerald Finzi; and the American Aaron Copland (a commission from Benny Goodman). Sir Malcolm Arnold, the English composer who died in 2006, wrote numerous works for the clarinet as a solo instrument, as a feature in ensembles and with orchestra. Though classical they have many jazz elements in them.

The 20th century gave us major concertos by the Dane, Carl Nielson; the Englishman, Gerald Finzi; and the American Aaron Copland (a commission from Benny Goodman). Sir Malcolm Arnold, the English composer who died in 2006, wrote numerous works for the clarinet as a solo instrument, as a feature in ensembles and with orchestra. Though classical they have many jazz elements in them.

The clarinet’s “party-piece” of course is the opening “slide” in Gershwin’s  

The clarinet’s “party-piece” is the opening “slide” in Gershwin’s  

"Rhapsody in Blue”.

"Rhapsody in Blue”.

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