Folk music for clarinet
In new publications from Mülirad-Verlag Altdorf, Fritz Dünner presents pieces for beginners and Dani Häusler compositions for advanced players. Ensembles are also addressed.
He needs no introduction in the Swiss folk music scene: Fritz Dünner. Quite a few consider him to be one of the best clarinettists that Swiss folk music has ever seen. Especially with his main formation, the Dünner-Nauer band, he has published numerous compositions of his own. He has been all the more missed in the local music scene since he ended his musical career in 2010 and emigrated to Mallorca. From afar, however, Dünner is now making a comeback as a composer with the music book Volksmusik für Anfänger, a music book for beginners and school ensembles.
The 23 two-part original compositions were written in 2017, when Dünner's grandson began to play the clarinet. Such simple pieces are extremely rare in the specialist trade. Moreover, despite their simplicity, they are masterfully composed and are ideal for inspiring young clarinettists to play folk music.
At the suggestion of the publisher Peter Gisler, Fritz Dünner has expanded his compositions for music ensemble. The result is two booklets for melody instruments in C and Bb as well as two accompaniment booklets for piano and double bass. There are also MP3 files to play along to, which Fritz Dünner has recorded in playback. These sound files are available for download as playalong files on the Mülirad-Verlag website. The various editions of the booklet allow different instruments such as clarinet, violin, accordion, piano, cello, bass, etc. to play together. This makes Folk Music for Beginners ideal for home music and school formations.
Clarinet quartets by Dani Häusler
At the same time, Mülirad-Verlag is also publishing literature for advanced clarinettists. Dani Häusler, probably the most sought-after Swiss clarinettist at the moment, brings together in Clarinet quartet - 14 Swiss dances his favorite original compositions, some of which were written while he was still a student. While the leading parts are sometimes very demanding, Häusler has deliberately kept the middle and bass parts simpler. This makes it possible to mix levels, which is particularly beneficial for music school ensembles, for example. Furthermore, Häusler has dispensed with precise articulation instructions in the scores with chord indications in order to give the performers full artistic freedom. The CD Dani Häusler squared on which he has recorded each of the four parts for all the pieces himself. The recordings of the individual parts are also available as playalong files on the publisher's homepage. In this way, the pieces can be practiced together with Dani Häusler, so to speak.
The Mülirad publishing house
Mülirad-Verlag was founded in 1991 and focuses primarily on rarities, the unusual and the forgotten in Swiss folk music. Peter Gisler has been running the publishing house since 2006 and since then it has become a national and international insider tip in the folk music sector.
Dani Häusler: Clarinet Quartet - 14 Swiss Dances, article no. 1119, Fr. 39.00
Fritz Dünner: Folk music for beginners - 23 two-part compositions for two clarinets or other melody instruments
- For Bb instruments: Article no. 1123Bb, Fr. 29.00
- For C instruments: Article no. 1123C, Fr. 29.00
- Piano accompaniment booklet: Article no. 1123Kl, Fr. 29.00
