By John Bavicchi
B.K.J. Publications, 16 pages
Condition as shown in photos. Self-published. Some shelf wear and age. Creasing at top inside corner. Center page (Nos. 6, 7, beginning of No. 8) was never caught in staples and has horizontal crease and printing flaw. Penciled instrument list on inside of front cover. Otherwise no markings found.
Eleven short pieces in two, three and four parts for various combinations of clarinets. Instruments include Eb and Bb Clarinets, Alto Clarinet and Bass Clarinet. There are no individual parts. Each miniature can be played from the score with no page turns except in the single quartet.
Includes:
- No. 1 - Eb and Bb Clarinets
- No. 2 - Two Bb Clarinets
- No. 3 - Bb and Bass Clarinets
- No. 4 - Eb and Bb Clarinets
- No. 5 - Bb and Bass Clarinets
- No. 6 - Eb and Bass Clarinets
- No. 7 - Eb and Bb Clarinets
- No. 8 - Eb, Bb, and Bass Clarinets
- No. 9 - Bass and Two Bb Clarinets
- No. 10 - Bb and Alto Clarinets
- No. 11 - Eb, Bb, A, and Bass Clarinets
John Alexander Bavicchi was an internationally renowned composer, conductor, and teacher. Mr. Bavicchi's initial training was as a civil engineer. A graduate of MIT with a degree in Civil Engineering, he saw combat action in the South Pacific during WW II as an officer in the United States Navy's Construction Battalion (Sea Bees). Returning to civilian life, he entered Boston's New England Conservatory of Music in 1948; after his graduation, he studied composition at the Harvard University Graduate School under Walter Piston, Archibald T. Davidson, and Otto Gombosi.
Mr. Bavicchi joined the faculty of Berklee College of Music in 1964 where he was made Professor Emeritus in 1997. He produced a diverse and impressive catalog of more than 160 compositions in a variety of creative instrumental and vocal combinations. He has been honored with awards from The National Institute of Arts and Letters, ASCAP, the American Symphony Orchestra League, and the Berklee College of Music. He has been commissioned by, among others, the Harvard Musical Association, the Cecilia [choral] Society, the Welsh Arts Council, the MIT Concert Band, the Concord Band, the Philharmonic Society of Arlington, and the Boston Civic Symphony. Much of Bavicchi's music has been published, most notably by the Oxford University Press.
In 1955 he founded BKJ Publications, primarily as a way to help young composers become eligible to join The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers (ASCAP.) Mr. Bavicchi's music is performed internationally and a chamber music group in Birmingham, England named themselves The Bavicchi Ensemble in his honor. He was a lifelong friend and inspiring and loyal mentor to generations of musicians.
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