André Messager (1853-1929)

Nationality: French

Born: December 30, 1853, Montluçon Died: February 24, 1929, Paris (age 75)

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Solo de concours

(for clarinet and piano)

Duration: 6 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1899 (age 45-46)

Published: 1899 (age 45-46)

Note: André Messager composed Solo de Concours for Clarinet and piano in 1899, as a Paris Conservatoire Contest piece.

3 recordings, 3 videos

5:58

Anthony McGill

5:30

Julian Bliss, Julien Quentin

5:40

Caroline Hartig, Deborah Moriarty

Teacher

Nationality: French

Born: October 9, 1835, Paris Died: December 16, 1921, Algiers (age 86)

chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
duo, duet, dueto [S], duetto [I], duett [G]—a work for two instruments; the ensemble itself
solo—a piece or section of a piece featuring a single instrumental part. Often, this implies one instrument alone but may indicate a soloist with accompaniment (e.g. continuo) especially in a section within a larger work for ensemble