Klarinet Archive - Posting 000671.txt from 2001/10

From: "Ron Wray" <rwray12@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Weber #2 autograph?
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 10:53:48 -0400

Asher,
If you're interested in the manuscript itself, one of the two original
manuscripts of both the first and second concerti can be found in the
Library of Congress. The other extant copy for the first and second can be
found in the German State Museum in Berlin.

Ron Wray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Asher Davison" <asher@-----.edu>
Subject: [kl] Weber #2 autograph?

> Greetings Klarinetters,
>
> I'm soon to have the pleasure of performing Weber's second concerto
> as part of a chorus and orchestra concert. Given that I've been
> fortunate to perform concerti several times before, given that there
> will be three performances, given the operatic context in which the
> Weber clarinet concerti were written, and given that Weber likely did
> not through-compose the pieces at the outset, I'm curious whether
> there is any way today of obtaining whatever skeletal clarinet part
> Weber actually did present to Baermann. Starting from that would be
> such an opportunity--in terms of exploring (tasteful) improvisatory
> possibilities, or at least in order to become more cognizant of the
> essentially improvised nature of some of what we have in our modern
> editions!
>
> Any pointers would be most welcome!
>
> Peace,
>
> Asher
> --
> Asher Davison
> 510-444-5591
> asher@-----.edu
>
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