Klarinet Archive - Posting 000043.txt from 2006/05

From: "Tony Pay" <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Grand Duo
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 12:46:16 -0400

On 5/5/06, Ormondtoby Montoya <o4rmondtoby@-----.net> wrote:

> In addition to Weber Grand Duo, this edition (Schirmer, Hal Leonard)
> also includes, edited in the same clean manner by Simon:
>
> Weber Variations Op. 33
> Schumann Fantasy
> Mendelssohn Sonata
> Brahms Sonata No. 1 & 2 Op. 120
>
> The cover price on my copy is $14.95 with a separate clarinet part.

Well, very good, it's not as bad as I thought.

But, contra Dan, I still want the only other bit of *historical*
evidence available, namely the Baermann edition, to hand. (So I'll
have to wait for the Henle edition:-)

Still, I've seen *everything* about this piece over the years,
including Alamiro Giampieri and his insistence that you put HIS name
on the programme alongside Weber's....

Did I tell you that I once complained about Giampieri to Berio, saying
that his Ricordi editions were a terrible difficulty in Italy?

Berio looked at me. "But," he said, "he was MY professor!" (Berio
was a clarinet player.)

That would have made a difference in Berio's world, you see.

Tony

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