Editing Contra-alto clarinet (section)

=== Wind orchestra ===
* [[Lucien Cailliet]] is known for his arrangements for [[wind orchestra]] and clarinet ensemble, combining over 6 octaves of different clarinets from the [[E-flat clarinet|E♭ sopranino]] to the contra-alto clarinet.<ref>{{citation|surname1=Friedrich K. Pfatschbacher|editor-surname1=Tredition GmbH|title=Der Klarinettenchor, eine spezielle Ensembleform erobert die internationalen Konzertbühnen (The Clarinet Choir: A Special Ensemble Form Conquers the International Concert Stages)|year=2017|publisher=Tredition |at=p. &nbsp;148|isbn=978-3-7439-4241-7|language=German|
url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Pfatschbacher+Der+Klarinettenchor&ref=nb_sb_noss}}</ref> The contra-alto clarinet is regularly used in professional wind orchestras.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/943753|title=[Letter from Eric A. McGavin]|author=McGavin, Eric A.|year=1956|journal=Tempo|issue=41|pages=35–36|doi=10.1017/S0040298200053109 |jstor=943753 |accessdate=2 October 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Americans became aware of the importance of instrumentation during the 20th century to give instruments such as the contra-alto clarinet a place in the brass band (in [[English language|English]] ''military band'' or ''concert band'').<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3389765|title=The Instrumentation of the Band|author=Reed, Alfred|year=1962|journal=Music Educators Journal|volume=49|issue=1|pages=56–61|accessdate=2 October 2021|doi=10.2307/3389765|jstor=3389765 |s2cid=143760887 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>