Klarinet Archive - Posting 000722.txt from 1997/04

From: "David S. Naden" <dnaden@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Weber Grand Duo Concertant
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 18:15:10 -0400

Christopher G Zello wrote:
>
> I'm looking for information for a program note on this work.
> Unfortunately I'm in a bit of a pinch time-wise. . .so any quick replies
> would be a big help!
>
> If all the other Weber pieces were written for Baermann except the Grand
> Duo, then for whom did Weber write this? Does anyone know anything
> trivial about the piece--premiere, type of clarinet played for premiere, etc.
>
> Any ideas as to why Weber would write a work not for Baermann with their
> contact. . .it isn't like this was the first or last work that Weber
> wrote for him. . .
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Christopher Zello
>
> czello@-----.edu

Chris--

I am not 100% sure, but if memory (and history) serves me correctly, the
Weber Grand Duo was written for Simon Hermstedt (spelling?). Hermstedt
was the clarinettist that Spohr wrote his clarinet works for, in
particular, the four clarinet concerti.