Klarinet Archive - Posting 000082.txt from 2009/04

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Orchestra parts Errata - "The reprint rumor letter"
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:17:17 -0400

Why is it sometimes the case that an old Breitkopf part will have =
measure numbers, usually at the beginning of each staff, but the Kalmus =
reprint will not? I can't remember a specific instance, but I know it's =
happened sometimes in orchestras in which I've played that the strings =
may have Breitkopf parts while the winds have Kalmus parts, or _vice =
versa_, and lots of problems result as the wind players try to figure =
out starting spots in rehearsal fast enough to keep up with a conductor =
and string sections who have numbers in their parts.

Karl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clinton F. Nieweg [mailto:proofferr@-----.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 5:57 PM
>=20
> The main reason for the printed errors in reprint house parts is that
> the original publishers (especially the French and Russian ones)
> produced engravings full of mistakes. Kalmus simply reprints these
> engravings, with the mistakes, articulation, ornamentation, etc. as =
is.
> While they do use the best copy that can be found, the fact remains
> that the reprint copy will only be as error-free as the plate from
> which it was created. Thus it can be assumed for any Kalmus
> publication that unless the catalog lists an editor=E2=80=99s name, =
Kalmus has
> made no changes to the music.
>=20
> The changes that Kalmus does make to various works are in the interest
> of improvement. Editor-in-Chief Clark McAlister is heavily involved =
in
> the production of the Kalmus =E2=80=9CCorrected Editions=E2=80=9D, a =
process that is
> extremely expensive and time consuming. Original proofing to re-
> engraving to production can take up to four years for just one piece.
> (*Please note that not all Corrected Editions are Critical Editions:
> for a Critical Edition, the editor must have access to the facsimile =
of
> the composer=E2=80=99s manuscripts, or preferably, the original =
manuscripts.)
>=20

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