This instrument plays the opening notes of Quartet for the End of Time and is given a lengthy solo in that piece's movement "Abyss of Birds."
This instrument plays the opening notes of Quartet for the End of Time and is given a lengthy solo in that piece's movement "Abyss of Birds." The snare drum prominently features in a one-movement concerto for this instrument by Carl Nielsen. Another concerto for this instrument is scored for strings, harp, and piano, and links its two movements with a cadenza; that concerto for it by Aaron Copland has been performed by virtuosos such as (*) Artie Shaw. This instrument plays the opening notes of a piece commissioned by Paul Whiteman for a concert billed as An Experiment in Modern Music. This instrument plays a trill on F, and then a soaring glissando that goes up two octaves, in the unaccompanied solo that opens Rhapsody in Blue. For 10 points, name this black single-reed woodwind instrument.
This instrument plays the opening notes of Quartet for the End of Time and is given a lengthy solo in that piece's movement "Abyss of Birds."
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