The first of 5 long compositions for clarinet by vituoso Ernesto Cavallini (each made up of 6 movements). Cavallini was the best clarinet player in his time and much appreciated in Italy (among others by Giuseppe Verdi, who composed for him the starting clarinet solo for Act 3 in La Forza del Destino) and abroad: for almost 20 years he played as first clarinet at Opera Theatre in Petersbourg.
Transcription by Guido Menestrina