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.
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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