[a. F. clarinettiste.] A player on the clarinet.

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1864.  Daily Tel., 12 Aug., 3/5. It [the adagio from the clarinet concerto] was written for Stadler, a celebrated Viennese clarinettist.

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1871.  E. Graeme, Beethoven, vi. (1876), 117. The clarinettist … made by mistake a repetition of eight bars.

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