Baroque Period
The modern day clarinet was not existent in the baroque era, however there are a number of concerti written for its antecedent, the chalumeau.
However, the discovery of six clarinet concertos by Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765)--the first of which may date from 1743 --and three concerti grossi for clarinet and oboe written by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) as far back as 1711 have led music historians to revise the common view that the first concerto for the instrument was written by Johann Stamitz around 1755.
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