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Alright Tune Namers, here we go: it would appear to me obviously to be a clarinet duo (huge surprise) and it has a definite classical flair, to the point where if I were just guessing without a hint, I'd go with Mozart, that paragon of clarinetitude.

But—there's that hint!

Of course, Wolfie was famously the son of Leopold, but that's not exactly what he was most famous for. There's an outside chance this could be by Wolfgang's son Franz Xaver Mozart, but I don't think that's very likely.

No, in this case, I think we need to look at the Bach brood. Listener Jeremy might try to insert himself into the CPE discourse, but the music sounds too straight-laced (and classical era) to be him. The biggest influence on Mozart was JC, aka Johan Christian, aka the London Bach, and that's where I'm putting most of my money.

I'll hedge with a smaller bet on Wilhelm Friedemann.

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I will include this in next week's edition, but I should also mention that the excellent journalists at VAN have come out with their own thoroughly reported story about the situation at CIM this morning:

https://van-magazine.com/mag/cleveland-institute-of-music-carlos-kalmar-discrimination-bullying/

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