"Encyclopedic in scope, the book is truly a "one-stop" source of information on the Classical era clarinet....Rice does an excellent job of bringing together everything that is known about the Classical clarinet." -- Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society

"The American organologist Albert Rice has done it again.... well-researched tome, packed with fascinating information, much of which is completely new. Perhaps more importantly, it is a well-organized and thorough account, and therefore an essential book for anyone interested in any aspect of the clarinet in this period.... His account of the concerto is up-to-date, and includes a reproduction of the recently discovered illustration of Anton Stadler's basset clarinet, for which Mozart composed the work."--Early Music