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Well, that depends on what you mean by popular. One popular song today is Acker Bilk's Stranger on the Shore. Here are some very popular works of the clarinet's

CLASSICAL repertoire:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Clarinet Quintet

Gioachino Rossini: Introduction, Theme and Variations

Carl Maria Von Weber: Clarinet Concertino, Clarinet Concerto No. 1, Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Grand Duo Concertant

From the JAZZ repertoire:

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (only the intro, but it is one of the most well known clarinet excerpts EVER)

Artie Shaw: Clarinet Concerto

pretty much anything by Benny Goodman

Jérome Thomas: Moonlight Serenade

And CONTEMPORARY repertoire (a very odd genre of music, in my opinion, but whatever floats your boat):

Donald Martino: A Set for Clarinet (arguably the hardest song written for Clarinet)

Stravinsky's Three Pieces for Clarinet

Smith's 5 pieces for Clarinet

Berio: Sequenza for Clarinet

Nielsen Clarinet Concerto (This is also considered classical, but many contemporary elements as well)

Copland Clarinet Concerto ( This has a few jazz elements, but ultimately Copland's effort to write a "Jazz Concerto" for Benny Goodman was a failure, and while it is popular, it is definitely not jazz, although it contains a few jazz and classical elements)

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