Klarinet Archive - Posting 000103.txt from 2005/01

From: jmesseng@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Will some kind soul ...
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 20:44:47 -0500

Dan--

Pamela's edition states "The manuscript or a copy of it was
eventually located and delivered to Breitkopf &Hartel of Leipzig who,
in 1801, printed the concerto in an edition specially adapted for the
normal clarinet. Within a year, pirated versions of this edition
were brought out by three other publishing firms. Breitkopf and
Hartel surrendered the manuscript after publication and its
whereabout today is not known." She also cites the the basset horn
sketch and the 1802 review, in Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung, of
the B & H edition in which the author states he has "this magnificent
concerto lying before him in score form." Most of her edition,
however, is based on the Schwenke arrangement for piano quintet. I,
personally, find it most interesting for the ornamentation that
Schwenke introduced. It's too bad that most present-day performers
feel that the concerto is so sacred that adding any kind of
ornamentation will somehow destroy its beauty.

>Tell me about this edition of K. 622 edited by Pamela Weston that
>is supposed to have been derived from the manuscript in Mozart's
>hand. And if my understanding of this story is screwed up, as I
>suspect, tell me what Weston says about the original of this
>arrangement.
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>Thanks.
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>Dan Leeson
>DNLeeson@-----.net
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