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This etude can be found in Hite – Melodious Studies Book 2, page 1.  It is the from Gambaro 20 Caprices.  Below is a little history of Gambaro that I found interesting.  I can’t imagine playing this etude on a 13 key clarinet.

Giovanni Battista [Jean Baptiste] Gambaro (1785-1828)

  • Active in both Italy and Paris
  • Developed a publishing firm in Paris
  • Used a 13-key clarinet

 

Works include:

  • Tre quartetti per flauto, clarinetto, corno e fagotto. Ed. Gyorgy Balassa. Budapest: Editio Musica, 1972.
  • 10 Caprices, Op. 9. Vienna: Verlag Doblinger, 1965.
  • 22 Studi Progressivi per Clarinetto. Ed. Alamiro Giampieri. Milano: Ricordi, 1983.
  • Three Duos for Two Clarinets, Op. 10. Ed. Bernhard Päuler. New York: H. Litolff’s Verlag, 1976.
  • 12 Caprices, Op. 18. Ed. Eric Simon. New York: International, 1957.
  • 2nd Air Varié. Paris: Richault, [n.d.].
  • 3rd Air Varié de Concert. Paris: Richault, [n.d.].
  • 4th Air Varié. Paris: Costallat, [n.d.].
  • Fantasies et Variations Concertantes sur des motifs des Operas de Bellini La Sonnambula er Il Pirata. Paris: Richault, [n.d.]. 1
  • Trois Quatuors Concertans for clarinet, violin, viola and ‘cello. Paris: Gambaro, [n.d.].
  • Berr, F., and Gambaro. Premiére Fantasie Élégante sur Anna Bolena. Paris: Richault, [n.d.].
  • Boieldieu, Francois and Gambaro. Sonata for Clarinet and Piano. Ed. Burnet Tuthill. New York: McGinnis & Marx, 1965.

Source:

https://clarinet.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Thrasher-Italy.pdf

The Clarinetist-Composers of Nineteenth-Century Italy: An Examination of Style, Repertoire and Pedagogy ClarinetFest® 2006 Michael Thrasher