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The basset clarinet is a clarinet similar to the usual soprano clarinet but longer and with additional keys to enable playing several additional lower notes .. clarinet. clarinet. soprano clarinet. soprano clarinet. Typically a basset clarinet has keywork going to a low -LRB- written -RRB- C , as opposed to the standard clarinet 's E or E -LRB- both written -RRB- , and is most commonly a transposing instrument in A , although basset clarinets in C and B also exist , and Stephen Fox makes a `` G basset clarinet / basset horn '' .. clarinet. clarinet. transposing instrument. transposing instrument. Stephen Fox. Stephen Fox ( clarinet maker ). basset horn. basset-horn. The similarly named basset horn is also a clarinet with extended lower range , but is in a lower pitch -LRB- typically F -RRB- ; the basset horn predates , and undoubtedly inspired , the basset clarinet .. clarinet. clarinet. basset horn. basset-horn. The basset clarinet was most notably associated with the clarinet virtuoso Anton Stadler -LRB- 1753 -- 1812 -RRB- , a contemporary and good friend of Mozart .. clarinet. clarinet. Anton Stadler. Anton Stadler. Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart wrote his Clarinet Quintet in A major , K. 581 and Clarinet Concerto in A Major , K. 622 for this instrument ; the concerto is partly based on an earlier fragment of a Concerto for Basset Horn in G , K. 584b .. Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. There is an aria in Act I of Mozart 's last opera , La clemenza di Tito , -LRB- the mezzo-soprano Sesto sings Parto , ma tu ben mio -RRB- which features a basset clarinet obbligato .. clarinet. clarinet. Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. La clemenza di Tito. La clemenza di Tito. As noted above , a basset clarinet is an A clarinet with an extension of a major third down .. clarinet. clarinet. It is in fact related to the basset horn in F or G. Because Mozart 's clarinet concerto is so important , the basset clarinet is quite an interesting instrument in spite of its small applicability .. clarinet. clarinet. basset horn. basset-horn. Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. For the concerto the extension must be chromatic and the shape of the Viennese basset horn is not suitable for this .. basset horn. basset-horn. It has long been unclear how this instrument might have looked .. In a library in Riga in 1992 programmes were found of concerts which Anton Stadler played there in 1784 .. Anton Stadler. Anton Stadler. Riga. Riga. Two of those programmes show an engraving of Stadler 's instrument .. Franz Xaver Sußmayr also wrote a concerto movement for basset clarinet .. clarinet. clarinet. Franz Xaver Sußmayr. Franz Xaver Sussmayr. The term `` basset clarinet '' was in use by 1796 , though it may originally have referred to the basset horn .. clarinet. clarinet. basset horn. basset-horn. Despite Stadler 's advocacy the instrument did not become a regular member of the orchestra .. During the 19th and early 20th centuries only a few basset clarinets were produced , for performances of Mozart pieces , and no further music was written for the instrument .. Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. However , beginning in the mid 20th century , interest in performing on original instruments prompted the basset clarinet 's revival .. clarinet. clarinet. original instruments. Authentic performance. A few modern composers , among them Bill Sweeney , Harrison Birtwistle , Alan Ray Hacker , Hannes Pohlit and Franklin Stover , have written works featuring basset clarinet ; Joan Tower 's 1988 clarinet concerto is written to be played on either basset or standard clarinet .. clarinet. clarinet. Harrison Birtwistle. Harrison Birtwistle. Alan Ray Hacker. Alan Ray Hacker. Joan Tower. Joan Tower. Many clarinet makers now produce basset clarinets , or extended lower joints which will convert a standard clarinet to a basset clarinet .. clarinet. clarinet. clarinet makers. clarinet makers