Klarinet Archive - Posting 000671.txt from 1997/05

From: dsalveso@-----.net
Subj: Re: Weber variations
Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 05:45:46 -0400

I have the copy of the Variations (edited by eric simon) in front of me.
He says the following about this edition:

Weber's Seven Variations for Clarinet and Piano on a theme from his opera
Silvana were composed in 1811. Our editions is based on a copy of the
first edition in the Berlin State Library, with Jahns' notes marking
deviations from Weber's autograph.

On Mon, 26 May 1997, Fred Jacobowitz wrote:

> Nick,
> This is NOT a stupid question!!!!!!!!!! Nor is it lazy. It is very
> difficult to find Urtext edition. As far as I know, there are no Weber
> ones. I seem to remember that Eric Simon, in his "Masterworks
> for the Clarinet" collection, mentioned
> that his edition follows one at a German museum but I forget the detail.
> If you can get hold of it, you'll at least have a starting point. It is
> possible that you could get the museum to send you a photocopy of the
> manuscript. Unfortunately, Simon passed on a few years ago so he is not
> available to ask. Good luck.
>
> Fred Jacobowitz
> Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory
>
> On Mon, 26 May 1997, Nick Shackleton wrote:
>
> > At risk of being accused of laziness, does anybody know a published version
> > of the Weber Silvana variations that shows what Weber wrote as opposed to
> > Baermann's interpretation?
> > Nick
> >
> >
>
>