Anton Stadler
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Anton Stadler was a gifted clarinetist and composer from Vienna, Austria, who lived in the 18th century. He was a close friend of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who wrote his only clarinet concerto and his Clarinet Quintet specifically for Stadler. Mozart adapted these pieces to Stadler's instrument, the basset clarinet, which had a lower range than standard clarinets. Stadler was also a teacher and influenced the Esterházy family's musical staff.1
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Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K 581…and fellow Freemason virtuoso clarinetist Anton Stadler, but it found an unexpectedly wide audience when it was featured in the final episode (1983) of the television series M*A*S*H.
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…this concerto for a friend, Anton Stadler, who was the most gifted clarinetist in Vienna.
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