Klarinet Archive - Posting 000838.txt from 1996/03

From: Jacqueline G Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Beethoven Duos (clar/bassoon)
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 13:31:01 -0500

Hi, David,

Jerry Kirkbride, the professor here at U of A, has edited these works for
International Music. If you like, I can put you in touch with him, as he
may know where you could find it. E-mail me back privately if you wish.

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
eastwooj@-----.edu

On
Thu, 28 Mar 1996 niethamer%URVAX.BITNET@-----.EDU wrote:

> I am looking for an "errtext" or historically informed edition of the
> Beethoven Duos for clarinet and bassoon. I own an edition by Verlag
> Friedrich Hofmeister-Frahnkfurt am Main, which states in its preface "The
> first two duets, which Beethoven originally wrote for C clarinets, have
> been transposed for Bb clarinets according to the modern practice." (OK,
> it *was* modern practice in 1959 when the edition was published!). The
> editor is Kurt Mederacke.
> I also have access to another edition, Osterreichisher Budesverlag, Wein
> (1950), but this also has the clarinet parts in Bb. This edition is edited by
> Friedrich Wildgans.
>
> I'd like to find an edition for clarinet in C, if possible.
>
> TIA for all youur help.
>
> David Niethamer
>