Klarinet Archive - Posting 000299.txt from 2008/11

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Inquirey about a wind octet version of K. 361
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:07:00 -0500

Is anyone familiar with a PUBLISHED octet version of the music of K.361, the
gran Partitta? I know for a fact that Peters published an octet version of
three movement of K. 361, movements 5, 4, and 6, in that order, edited by
Einstein. It was printed in around 1970. But I do not know if anyone has
published on octet version of the other movements, namely, 1, 2, 3, and 7,
or even the entire work in one publication..

I have played such a version, but only in manuscript form. I had gotten the
manuscript of the performance parts from a library in Europe because I was
anxious to play the work in its wind octet form. I'm interested to know if
such an arrangement has been published.

Please don't interpret my inquiry as being one of putting the octet version
of K. 361 on a plane equal to that of the 13 instrument version, or that
Mozart was involved in any way with the octet version. It's just an
arrangement that I need to know something about, specifically the publisher
(if one exists).

Dan Leeson

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