Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 167

Composer: SAINT-SAËNS, Camille
  • This is a very late Saint-Saëns work; he wrote it in 1921, the last year of his life.1
  • The music published Durand commissioned Saint-Saëns to write three wind instrument sonatas in 1921: one for oboe, one for clarinet, one for bassoon. He composed them in Algiers and Paris and completed all three by June 1921. They became his Opp. 166-168.2
  • Saint-Saëns dedicated this piece to French clarinetist Auguste Périer, a professor at the Paris Conservatory.3

Sources

  1. “Clarinet Sonata, Op. 167 (Saint-Saëns, Camille), IMSLP, accessed January 20, 2022, https://imslp.org/wiki/Sonata_for_Clarinet_and_Piano,_Op.167_(Saint-Sa%C3%ABns,_Camille).
  2. Albert R. Rice, Notes for Clarinetists: A Guide to the Repertoire (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017), 192.
  3. Camille Saint-Saëns, Sonate pour Clarinette avec accompt de Piano (Paris: Durand, 1921), 2.

Cut IDs

14987 15659 42670