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"The master of musick from London": Mr Charles, sponsor of the clarinet -- The first virtuosi: Joseph Beer and Franz Tausch -- Mozart's clarinettist: Stadler -- Paris, scene of inventions: I-Lefèvre -- Strains from the north: the saga of Bernt Crusell -- Court music at Sondershausen: the brilliancy of Hermstedt -- Idol of the public: Thomas Lindsay Willman -- "Never more beautiful tones": the great Heinrich Baermann -- Paris, scene of inventions: II-Müller -- A "ravishing magic sound", Schubert's clarinettist and lone lady: Friedlowsky, Count Troyer and Caroline Schleicher -- "Souvenirs de ma vie artisque": the travels of Joseph Blaes -- "Meine primadonna": Mühlfeld -- Paris, scene of inventions: III-Klosé, the Gomez story -- British heritage: the Mahons, Lazarus and Charles Draper. |
