Variations for Clarinet and Piano - Rossini/Neufeld/Lurie

Composed in Rossini's 17th year (1809), this delightful set of variations, written while a problem student of the dull teacher Padre Mattei in Bologna, serves as an early example of the melody and invention that were to place him as on of the great operatic masters of the 19th Century. - Editor's Note

Transcribed and arranged by John Neufeld, edited by Mitchell Lurie. Originally composed for clarinet in C, the piano accompaniment has here been transposed down to B-flat major to accommodate a B-flat clarinet playing the original written pitches.  Please note that these are NOT the later and more famous Introduction, Theme and Variations of 1819 for clarinet and orchestra.