A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Müller, Iwan

MÜLLER, Iwan, a renowned clarinettist, born at Reval, Dec. 3, 1786, appeared first in Paris in 1809, where he brought out many of his structural improvements in the instrument, and where, after a residence of some years, and a successful concert tour through all the principal European cities, undertaken in 1820–1826, he was appointed professor in the Conservatoire. In later life he returned to Germany, and died at Bückeburg Feb. 4. 1854. His compositions have an educational value for players of his instrument, but beyond that they are of no importance. His best production is a 'Gamme pour la nouvelle Clarinette,' published at Berlin in 1825. (Mendel's Lexicon.)

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