The solo part of Süssmayr's Clarinet Concerto is written for a basset clarinet, an instrument developed by Anton Stadler in the late 1780s that extended down to bottom C.
Composer Biography
Franz Xaver Süssmayr, a pupil and friend of Mozart, is primarily remembered for completing Mozart's Requiem, though he was also a successful opera composer.
Composition History
The double clarinet concertos by Franz Tausch were performed by him and his own son, Friedrich Wilhelm Tausch, on at least two recorded occasions.
Composition History
Süssmayr likely began composing his Clarinet Concerto in Prague in September 1791, using Bohemian paper identical to that Mozart used for La Clemenza di Tito.
Composer Biography
Franz Tausch founded the Conservatorium der Blasinstrumente (Conservatory for Wind Instruments) in Berlin in 1805.
Historical Context
Mozart likely heard Franz Tausch and his father play in the Mannheim orchestra during his 1777 visit, before the Tausches moved to Munich.
Composer Biography
Franz Tausch, one of the earliest great clarinet virtuosos, was taught by his father from age six and joined the Mannheim orchestra at eight, playing violin and clarinet.
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