The Historical development of the clarinet, repertoire and how important state in the orchestra

ivABSTRACTTHE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLARINET, ITS REPERTOIREAND HOW IMPORTANT STATE IN THE ORCHESTRAŞehrinaz ÖNDERDepartment of MusicAfyon Kocatepe University, The Institute of Social SciencesJune 2005Advisor: Prof. Önder KÜTAHYALIThis research is a descriptive one that has been prepared to contribute to developthe way of studies in this area and to express how important state in the orchestra of theclarinet that is a young member of the woodwind instrument family has beeninvestigated both its development in historical process and its repertoire.The research has been prepared consisting of three chapters. In the first chapter,the clarinet has been described its historical developing from the first appearing to up tonow.In the second chapter, the work of clarinet composition has been investigated withsolo, jazz and chamber music repertoires. Finally, in the third chapter has beenaccentuated how important state in the orchestra of the clarinet.As a result, in the direction of the data obtained in that research about clarinetwas determined that it can be an indispensable woodwind instrument in the orchestra.