The Black Cat, Op. 13 (clarinet ensemble)

Sheet music available at: www.iandeterling.com/the-blac...
The Black Cat is a piece about my cat, Béla. I was sitting next to a campfire behind my apartment when I suddenly heard a cat meowing behind me. I turned around and saw this beautiful black cat with green eyes. He walked towards me, slowly crawled up into my lap, and fell asleep. He didn't belong to any of the neighbors, and no one claimed him when I brought him to the Humane Society - so I adopted him and named him Béla. He's a playful and frisky cat that spends most of his time sleeping; however, Béla also gets into mischief once in a while... and I wanted to capture all of this in the music. This piece is about him - the black cat.
Instrumentation (7 players minimum)
- Eb Clarinet
- Bb Clarinet 1
- Bb Clarinet 2
- Bb Clarinet 3
- Bb Clarinet 4
- Alto Clarinet (also available at 'Bb Clarinet 5')
- Bass Clarinet
- Eb Contra Alto Clarinet (optional)
- Bb Contrabass Clarinet (optional)
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Sheet music available at: www.iandeterling.com/the-black-cat-clarinet-ensemble

[@Unfunny_VR]

FANTASTIC!!! 👏👏🎼

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Thank you so much!!

[@barbaperc]

Wow!!! This is an awesome piece! So original and with such variety, as a fellow (im a beginning) composer this is very inspiring because I love the inspiration behind a piece and can so relate to a pet inspiring such original themes. Nonetheless on clarinet, which is just about the ultimate ensemble instrument to arrange because of how they mix. I would love to communicate any ideas or approaches(even philosophical) to composition and instrumentation techniques. Check out my channel for some of my performed stuff!

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Hi Jess, thanks so much! Just subscribed to your channel, looking forward to hearing your works. Of course - feel free to send me an email or message through my website - always happy to talk composition!