Klarinet Archive - Posting 000633.txt from 1997/01
From: Richard Faria <faria@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Poulenc
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:08:57 -0500
>>GREG BAKER wrote:
>>>
>>> I am planning to do the Poulenc clarinet and piano sonata for a half-recital
>>> ... The title page says something about
>>> ambiguities in the score. Just out of historical curiosity, did the Poulenc
>>> sonata ever make it to the "Editions and Misprints" column in the ICA
>>> Clarinet journal?
>>>
>and Floyd Williams responded:
>>
>>Greg,re the Poulenc, I heard a masterclass by Paul Meyer in 1995, and he
>>clearly referred to notes in the later editions of the Sonata as
>>"wrong". My inference was that the French, at least, seem to think the
>>first edition is the "right " one, and not the later changes made by
>>Thea King and Georgina Dobree.
>
>I have the third edition, copyright 1963 (they must have gone through the
>first two *very* quickly!), with the "right" notes in it. But I've always
>wondered where the manuscript is - does anyone know? What did Dobree/King
>work from? I also dispute the added dynamics on the 1st mvt recap -
>Poulenc left the dynamic all "piano" in the earlier editions, and it
>makes more sense to me.
>
>I'm interested in this quite a bit. On what must have been the first
>recording, there's a program note that speaks to the issue of the
>dedication of the oboe and the clarinet sonatas, and shows them to be
>reversed in the published editions. This makes sense to me too. But I
>asked this question on the list some time ago, and got zero response.
>Anyone know?
>
>So I ask again - where is Poulenc's manuscript?
>
>David
>
I spoke with Georgina Dobree about this a while ago, and she told me that
the manuscript was in one of two places, either the:
Centre de Documentation de la Musique Contemporaine
Cite de Musique-16
place de la Fontaine aux Lions
75019 PARIS
Postal Address:
Paris Parc de la Vilette-B.P. 11593
75920 PARIS Cedex 19
Tel:47.15.47.15
Fax:47.15.47.89
OR, the ever popular:
Biblioteque Nationale
(I do not know who the new Music Librarian is, since Francois Lesure retired)
Department de la Musique
2 rue Louvois
75002 PARIS
She seemed to think that either one of these organizations could tell me
where the autograph is. I've yet to call, because I have no French...
Her other suggestion was to call Chester Music (the only people to publish
the Poulenc Sonata, am I right?) which has been bought out by:
Music Sales Group
Editorial Dept.
8-9 Frith Street
LONDON
W1V 5TZ
Tel:071.434.0066
Fax:071.287.6329
Georgina seemed to think that I should get ahold of a copy of the autograph
and do my own edition to have published (!?!) I haven't quite got around to
it yet.
Good luck
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Richard Faria
Assistant Professor of Music (Clarinet)
Ithaca College
School of Music
Ithaca, NY 14850-7240
Office (607) 274 3425
Fax (607) 274 1727
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