Klarinet Archive - Posting 000066.txt from 2011/11

From: "Clinton F. Nieweg" <proofferr@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mahler 1
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:40:08 -0500

Mahler Symphony No. 1 instrumentation
Clarinets 4: [1.2.3/bcl/Ebcl1.4/Ebcl2]

Clarinet I. Bb, C, A.
Clarinet II. Bb, C, A.
Clarinet III. Bb, Bass Cl in Bb, Cl in A, EbI, C.
Clarinet IV. EbII, Bb(2 measures). (clarinet 4 tacet in mov. 2, "doubled at
least" in mov. 4. )
[Question: Why would Eb Clar II be doubled but not Eb Clar I? ]

1. Instrumentation for the Universal Edition 2nd printing, 1906. Plate U.E.
2931 as scanned on IMSLP:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.1_(Mahler,_Gustav)
1a. Reprint Kalmus A2398. Score and parts for sale. Errata list for that UE
publication available.
2. Critical Edition Ratz/Fussel 1967/1992 UE 13820. scores POP.
3. Critical Edition. Study score, revised edition; corrected new printing
1995, Editor: Sander Wilkens, Publisher: Universal Edition, UE 13820. Parts
on rental from EAMDLLC in the U.S.
3a. Critical Edition. Miniature score, foreword by Reinhold Kubik, 1998,
Editor: Sander Wilkens, Publisher: Universal Edition, PH545. "The
differences between the revised version of the orchestral score (edited by
Sander Wilkens, 1992) and the orchestra parts are contained in a list which
can be obtained from the Universal Edition Wien or from the International
Gustav Mahler Society in Vienna."
Online only in German available:
http://www.gustav-mahler.org/gesamtausgabe/druckfehler/errata1-1.html
Contains errata for the Clarinet parts.

3b. Preface to the Revised Edition of the First Symphony (1995) " the whole
history of the work is seen as a process of orchestration, in which he was
striving for clarity." Contains an explanation of the many sources for the
Mahler Symphony No.1.
http://www.gustav-mahler.org/gesamtausgabe/berichte/cr1-f.cfm

A reduced version by Erwin Stein is available on rental from
Universal/EAMDLLC, which uses 3 clarinets.
Clarinet I. Bb, C.
Clarinet II. Bb, C.
Clarinet III. Bb, Bass Cl in Bb, Eb, C.

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