a la Paganini for Clarinet Quartet by Béla Kovács. EditionDarok, SS, (includes parts and score). The instrumentation for this quartet is E-flat clarinet/B-flat clarinet, B-flat clarinet, basset horn, and bass clarinet. The bassethorn part could be transposed for B-flat clarinet or alto clarinet. The bass clarinet part is for the low E-flat version. This piece is in three sections with the melody divided among the parts. The first is in 6/8 at a moderato tempo with staccato eighth notes with large intervals between (like a pizzicato violin part). The second section is Allegro molto with sixteenth notes mostly in running passages with a few arpeggios. The first style returns for a final 8 bars at the end. Advanced high school/early college level. (C2731)