List of Illustrations -- List of music examples -- Editorial note -- Preface and acknowledgments -- 1: Basic clarinet -- 2: Origins of the clarinet -- 3: Earliest clarinets -- 4: Chalumeau -- 5: Classical clarinet -- 6: Mozart and the clarinet -- 7: 1800 to 1843: astounding innovation and breath-taking virtuosity -- 8: 1844 to 1900: the clarinet joins the establishment -- 9: Clarinet in the twentieth century and beyond -- 10: Basset horn -- 11: Bass clarinet -- 12: Odd clarinets -- 13: Bands, folk music and all that jazz -- Appendix 1: Instrument makers -- Appendix 2: Instruction material -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.