Kovacs Bela - Hommages - Clarinette

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J.S.Bach, N.

Paganini, C.M.von Weber, C.

Debussy, M.de Falla,R.Strauss, B.

Bartók, Z.Kodály,A.KhatschaturianBy way of these nine brillant Hommages, the famousHungarian clarinetist and teacherhas made an inportantcontribution to clarinet literature.

„My pedagogical activities inspired me to compose the Hommages.The pieces were intended to be etudes or studies which students myuse as supplementary material to the usual dry and mechanical -although indispensable - exercises.They contain variosus challenges.

If performed with impressive dexterity, with proper tone productionand sufficient knowledge of styles, coupled with a sense of humor anda certain amout of fantasy, they could - houpefully - find success evenon the concert stage.“Béla Kovács