Sonata for Clarinet (in A) and Piano by Alice Mary Smith edited by Ian Graham Jones and Richard Platt. Hildegard Publishing Company, 1998, SS, 49 + 12 pages. Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884) was one of the most accomplished female musicians and composers of her time. She studied with Sterndale Bennett and George McFarren at the Royal Academy of Music where she was later a professor. This work had its first public performance in 1870 with clarinetist Henry Lazarus and the composer at the piano. At that time it was entitled Duo Concertante for Pianoforte and Clarinet in A which was an appropriate given the importance and challenging nature of the piano part. In three movements: I. Allegro, II. Andante, and III. Allegro Pastoral. The clarinet part is not difficult (early college level). This is a scholarly edition prepared from the composer's manuscript and includes notes on the editing. (C1641)