20th century (1947). Principal clarinetist of the Boston Symphony. Advanced etudes by Polacek. Some are based on compositions of Bach, Hermann Berens, Rimsky-Korsakov (Scheherazade), Charles Meyer, Shostakovich (Symphony No. 1), Stephen Heller, Milhaud (Scaramouche), Mozart (Serenade in Bb, Smetana (String Quartet in E Minor), Beethoven; Strauss (Ariadne auf Naxos), Schuman (Symphony No. 3), Joseph Sellner, Barber (Second Essay for Orchestra), Prokofiev (Overture on Hebrew Themes), Mahler (Symphony No.4), Otto Nicolai (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor), Ravel (Le Tombeau de Couperin), Schoenberg (Pierrot Lunaire). 55 pages.