America the Beautiful arranged here for clarinet quartet. Ranges all stay in the comfortable range of all the clarinets. Bass clarinet does not cross the break. Great way to show off your clarinet section.

This wonderful arrangement of the hymn tune, AURELIA (which is also used for "Hail to the Lord's Anointed" and "Jerusalem the Golden"), concludes with a triumphant third stanza. Careful consideration has been given to instrument ranges and playability. Works well as a call to worship, offertory, or postlude. It could also be used in a recital setting. It can be played by a clarinet quartet (in several configurations) or a larger clarinet ensemble.

Purchase includes 1 score and the following parts:
Part 1 - 1st Bb Clarinet (or Eb Clarinet)
Part 2 - 2nd Bb Clarinet
Part 3 - 3rd Bb Clarinet (or Alto Clarinet)
Part 4 - Bass Clarinet (or Alto Clarinet).

The best known March of the set, it had its premiere in Liverpool on 19 October 1901, with Sir Edward Elgar conducting the Liverpool Orchestral Society. The Trio contains the tune known as "Land of Hope and Glory". In 1902 the tune was re-used, in modified form, for the Land of hope and glory section of his Coronation Ode for King Edward VII. The words were further modified to fit the original tune, and the result has since become a fixture at the Last Night of the Proms, and an English sporting anthem. In the United States, the Trio section "Land of Hope and Glory" of March No. 1 is often known simply as "Pomp and Circumstance" or as "The Graduation March" and is played as the processional tune at virtually all high school and some college graduation ceremonies. It was first played at such a ceremony on 28 June 1905, at Yale University, where the Professor of Music Samuel Sanford had invited his friend Elgar to attend commencement and receive an honorary doctorate of music. Elgar accepted, and Sanford made certain he was the star of the proceedings, engaging the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, the College Choir, the Glee Club, the music faculty members, and New York musicians to perform two parts from Elgar's oratorio The Light of Life and, as the graduates and officials marched out, "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 1. Elgar repaid the compliment by dedicating his Introduction and Allegro to Sanford later that year. The tune soon became de rigueur at American graduations, used primarily as a processional at the opening of the ceremony. This arrangement for clarinet quartet includes the following parts: Bb Clarinet 1 or Eb Clarinet, Bb Clarinet 2, Bb Clarinet 3 or Eb Alto Clarinet, Bb Bass Clarinet.?

Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky transcribed here for Clarinet Quartet by Kenneth Abeling. This is an advanced transcription of the Promenades and all 10 Movements of the suite which Include: No. 1 Promenade (1) & ?The Gnome?, No. 2 Promenade (2) & ?The Old Castle?. No. 3 Promenade (3) & ?Tuileries (Children?s Quarrel after Games)?, No. 4. Bydlo ?Cattle?, No. 5 Promenade (4) & ?Ballet of Unhatched Chicks?, No. 6 ??Samuel? Goldenberg and ?Schmuÿle??, No. 7 Promenade (5) & ?Limoges. The Market (The Great News)?, No. 8 ?Catacombs (Roman Tomb)?, No. 9 ?The Hut on Hen?s Legs (Baba Yaga)?, No. 10 ?The Bogatyr Gates (In the Capital in Kiev)?. Plating Time approximately 32:00. To view and listen to this piece in its entirety as well as hundreds of other arrangements and transcriptions by Kenneth Abeling at the lowest prices available please visit www.lincolnmusicpublications.com Preview this score on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXCqj0YtlsQ