Download or read book American Song Collection for Clarinet and Piano written by James Marshall and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set of 10 intermediate-level arrangements was derived from songs from the Colonial through Civil War periods. In these pieces, the hauntingly lyrical tone of the clarinet combined with piano accompaniment creates a unique musical setting. The songs were drawn from the works of Stephen Foster, Sacred Harp shape-note themes, 19th-century folk songs as well as colonial fife and drum music. The arrangements explore the low melodious register of the clarinet through the lyrical mid tones and into the singing moderate-upper register.