Piet Jeegers
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Piet Jeegers is a Dutch
clarinetist, teaching at the Brussels Conservatory.
He is active as a conductor of wind bands and is the founder and leader of the Piet Jeegers Clarinet Choir
.
He is noted for developing a series of mouthpiece
s based on the notion that clarinetists with more or less under- or overbite
need different facings on their mouthpieces. The idea being that the sound pressure
at the level of the mouthpiece is determined by the detailed physiognomy
of the mouth and position of the teeth.
Dutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
clarinetist, teaching at the Brussels Conservatory.
He is active as a conductor of wind bands and is the founder and leader of the Piet Jeegers Clarinet Choir
Clarinet choir
A clarinet choir is an instrumental ensemble consisting entirely of instruments from the clarinet family. Typically it will include E♭, B♭, alto, bass, and contra-alto or contrabass clarinets, although some pieces are scored for a smaller set of instruments....
.
He is noted for developing a series of mouthpiece
Mouthpiece (woodwind)
The mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument is that part of the instrument which is placed partly in the player's mouth. Single-reed instruments, capped double-reed instruments, and fipple flutes have mouthpieces while exposed double-reed instruments and open flutes do not.-Single-reed instruments:On...
s based on the notion that clarinetists with more or less under- or overbite
Malocclusion
A malocclusion is a misalignment of teeth or incorrect relation between the teeth of the two dental arches. The term was coined by Edward Angle, the "father of modern orthodontics", as a derivative of occlusion, which refers to the manner in which opposing teeth meet.-Presentation:Most people have...
need different facings on their mouthpieces. The idea being that the sound pressure
Sound pressure
Sound pressure or acoustic pressure is the local pressure deviation from the ambient atmospheric pressure caused by a sound wave. Sound pressure can be measured using a microphone in air and a hydrophone in water...
at the level of the mouthpiece is determined by the detailed physiognomy
Physiognomy
Physiognomy is the assessment of a person's character or personality from their outer appearance, especially the face...
of the mouth and position of the teeth.
Discography
- Antonio VivaldiAntonio VivaldiAntonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
arr. Jacques LancelotJacques LancelotJacques Lancelot born in Rouen France in 1920He studied at the conservatory of Caen with Fernand Blachet, and at the Paris conservatory with Auguste Périer et Fernand Oubradous were he graduated in 1939, and is considered an exponent of the traditional French Clarinet School with a clear and...
; Concerto Grosso op.3 no.11; Piet Jeegers 881201 © 1988, (p) 1988 - Arthur FrackenpohlArthur FrackenpohlArthur Frackenpohl is an American composer and Professor Emeritus at the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam....
; Prelude and Allegro; Piet Jeegers 881201 © 1988, (p) 1988 - Philip Gorden; CapriccioCapriccioCapriccio may refer to:* A capriccio, a tempo marking* Capriccio , a chamber music composition* Capriccio , a piece of music which is fairly free in form* Capriccio , a 1942 German-language opera by Richard Strauss...
; Piet Jeegers 881201 © 1988, (p) 1988 - Robert R. Roden; Two Water Colors; Piet Jeegers 881201 © 1988, (p) 1988
- Warner Hutchison; Suite for Clarinet Choir; Piet Jeegers 881201 © 1988, (p) 1988
- Elliot Delborgo; Dodecaphonic Essay; Piet Jeegers 881201 © 1988, (p) 1988
- David Uber; Parade; Piet Jeegers 881201 © 1988, (p) 1988
- Claude DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
arr. Russel Howland; Petite Suite; Piet Jeegers 881201 © 1988, (p) 1988 - Sammy NesticoSammy NesticoSamuel "Sammy" Louis Nestico is a prolific and well known composer and arranger of big band music...
; Study in Contrasts; Piet Jeegers 881201 © 1988, (p) 1988 - Harry Stalpers; Clownery for Clarinets; Piet Jeegers 881201 © 1988, (p) 1988
- Vaclav NelhybelVáclav NelhýbelVáclav Nelhýbel was a Czech-American composer, mainly of works for student performers. He is considered one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century....
; Chorale and Danza; Piet Jeegers 881201 © 1988, (p) 1988
- MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
arr. Lucien Caillet; Overture to The Marriage of FigaroThe Marriage of FigaroLe nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata , K. 492, is an opera buffa composed in 1786 in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro .Although the play by...
; Piet Jeegers 910501 © 1991, (p) 1991 - Samuel BarberSamuel BarberSamuel Osborne Barber II was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings is his most popular composition and widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music...
arr. Lucien Calliet; Adagio for StringsAdagio for StringsAdagio for Strings is a work by Samuel Barber, arranged for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11. Barber finished the arrangement in 1936, the same year as he wrote the quartet...
; Piet Jeegers 910501 © 1991, (p) 1991 - Gioacchino RossiniGioacchino RossiniGioachino Antonio Rossini was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces...
arr. Harold G. Palmer; L'Italiana in AlgeriL'italiana in AlgeriL'italiana in Algeri is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca...
; Piet Jeegers 910501 © 1991, (p) 1991 - Claude DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
arr. Sharon Davis; SarabandeSarabandeIn music, the sarabande is a dance in triple metre. The second and third beats of each measure are often tied, giving the dance a distinctive rhythm of quarter notes and eighth notes in alternation...
; Piet Jeegers 910501 © 1991, (p) 1991 - Jack Snavely; Motif and Variations; Piet Jeegers 910501 © 1991, (p) 1991
- Norman Heim; ElegyElegyIn literature, an elegy is a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.-History:The Greek term elegeia originally referred to any verse written in elegiac couplets and covering a wide range of subject matter, including epitaphs for tombs...
; Piet Jeegers 910501 © 1991, (p) 1991 - Gordon JacobGordon JacobGordon Percival Septimus Jacob was an English composer. He is known for his wind instrument composition and his instructional writings.-Life:...
; Introduction and Rondo; Piet Jeegers 910501 © 1991, (p) 1991 - Norman Heim; Preludium and Canzona; Piet Jeegers 910501 © 1991, (p) 1991
- George Frederic Handel arr. Don Wilcox; Overture to "Julius Caesar"; Piet Jeegers 910501 © 1991, (p) 1991
- Béla BartókBéla BartókBéla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
arr. Maarten Jense; Roumenian Folkdances; Piet Jeegers 910501 © 1991, (p) 1991
- Harry Stalpers; Sinfonia Concertante "con reminiscenza"; Piet Jeegers 960108 © 1996, (p) 1996
- Marcel De Jonghe; Mini Caprices; Piet Jeegers 960108 © 1996, (p) 1996
- Jan Van Der RoostJan Van der RoostJan Van der Roost is a Belgian composer.Van der Roost was educated at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven , and followed further studies at the Royal Conservatory in Ghent and the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp. Since 1984 Van der Roost is a professor of counterpoint and fugue at the...
arr. Maarten Jense; Rikudim: "Four Israeli Folkdances"; Piet Jeegers 960108 © 1996, (p) 1996 - Edvard GriegEdvard GriegEdvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...
arr. L. Jan Coeck; Peer Gynt Suite; Piet Jeegers 960108 © 1996, (p) 1996 - Rosemary Lang; Grenadilla Rhapsody; Piet Jeegers 960108 © 1996, (p) 1996
- Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
arr. Paul Hoogenboom; Fantasia e Fuga; Piet Jeegers 960108 © 1996, (p) 1996 - Antonio VivaldiAntonio VivaldiAntonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
; arr. Kermit Peeters; Concerto in g minor op.XI nr. 27; WWM 500.082 © 2002 (p) 2002 - Hans Aerts; Fantasia Eligiaco; WWM 500.082 © 2002 (p) 2002
- Ottorino RespighiOttorino RespighiOttorino Respighi was an Italian composer, musicologist and conductor. He is best known for his orchestral "Roman trilogy": Fountains of Rome ; Pines of Rome ; and Roman Festivals...
; arr. J.P. Corstjens; Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto; WWM 500.082 © 2002 (p) 2002 - MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
arr. G.J. Verhage; Symphonie in g minor KV 183; WWM 500.082 © 2002 (p) 2002 - Marcel de Jonghe; Gentile Pieces; WWM 500.082 © 2002 (p) 2002
- Hugo de Groot; In Holland staat een Huis; WWM 500.082 © 2002 (p) 2002
- Gioachino Rossini; Sonata No. 1; WWM 500.082 © 2002 (p) 2002
- Jan van der RoostJan Van der RoostJan Van der Roost is a Belgian composer.Van der Roost was educated at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven , and followed further studies at the Royal Conservatory in Ghent and the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp. Since 1984 Van der Roost is a professor of counterpoint and fugue at the...
; PusztaPusztaPuszta is a steppe biome on the Great Hungarian Plain around the River Tisza in the eastern part of Hungary as well as on the western part of Hungary and in the Austrian Burgenland. The Hungarian puszta is an enclave of the Eurasian Steppe....
; WWM 500.082 © 2002 (p) 2002