Anton Stadler
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Anton Paul Stadler was an Austrian clarinet and basset horn player for whom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote, amongst others, both his Clarinet Quintet and Clarinet Concerto. Stadler's name is inextricab
Sketch of Stadler's basset clarinet; some clarinetists turn the bell forwards (towards the audience).
Clarinet
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The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell.
Anton Stadler
…Anton Paul Stadler (28 June 1753, in Bruck an der Leitha – 15 June 1812, in Vienna) was an Austrian clarinet and basset horn player for whom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote, amongst others, both his Clarinet Quintet (K 581) and Clarinet Concerto (K 622). Stadler's…
Two-key clarinet with fingering chart, from Museum musicum theoreticalo practicum, 1732
Tone holes - countersunk and straight
Early Clarinet with 4 keys (c. 1760).