Originally published in The Clarinet 45/3 (June 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members. by Stefano Cardo Harry Sparnaay, one of the world’s most influential bass clarinet players, passed away on December 12, 2017. For many years Sparnaay was professor of bass clarinet and contemporary music at the conservatories of Amsterdam and Utrecht (and later at L’Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Barcelona) where his unique bass clarinet program attracted students from all over the world. His book The Bass Clarinet: A Personal History was published in 2011 and has become an invaluable resource to bass clarinetists and composers everywhere.Read More →