The Clarinet Quintet in B Major, Op. 34, is a

clarinet quintet Traditionally a clarinet quintet is a chamber musical ensemble made up of one clarinet, plus the standard string quartet of two violins, one viola, and one cello. Now the term clarinet quintet can refer to five B clarinets; four B clarinets and a ...

that was composed by

Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 17865 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic who was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic era. Best known for his opera ...

from 1811 to 1815. As with most of Weber's other clarinet compositions, the quintet was written for the German clarinet virtuoso

Heinrich Baermann Heinrich Joseph Baermann (also spelled Bärmann; 14 February 1784 – 11 June 1847) was a German clarinet virtuoso of the Romantic era who is generally considered as being not only an outstanding performer of his time, but highly influential in ...

Structure

The quintet is written in four movements. A typical performance lasts between 25 and 30 minutes. # Allegro # Fantasia # Menuetto, capriccio presto # Rondo, allegro giocoso

External links

* Compositions by Carl Maria von Weber Weber, Carl Maria von Compositions in B-flat major {{chamber-composition-stub