Klarinet Archive - Posting 000009.txt from 2006/05

From: o4rmondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] Re:Weber Duo Concertante
Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 21:03:38 -0400

Lorraine, this is definitely "FWIW", but here's a quote from the edition
that I have:

(The preface begins with several anti-Baermann paragraphs about
"exaggerated phrasing" and "over-editing" and "distortions". Then the
editor, named Eric Simon, writes:)

"In this edition we present Weber's clarinet works [Duo Op. 48 and
Variations Op. 33] in their original form. All deviations from the
original manuscripts and from the basic editions are clearly marked.
The editor's additions are put in brackets, and suggested omissions in
parentheses. Otherwise, changes are limited to notation only.
Suggested breath marks have been added to the clarinet part [....]
Our edition [of the duo] is based on the autograph now in the Library of
Congress and on the first edition."

The edition is: Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Volume 1747.

The cover price was (perhaps 5 years ago) $14.95, but I suspect that
it's the sort of volume that most music libraries would have. It
includes some Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Brahms as well as the two Weber
pieces.

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