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Author: kdk
Date: 2014-06-23 05:08
The local district of Penna MEA is using this as its clarinet audition piece this year. I own three editions, one which says "Revisione di Alamiro Giampieri" (Ricordi no specific copyright date), another is edited by David Hite (1990 Southern) and the third is edited by George Waln (1945 Kjos). PMEA specifies the Waln edition, which leaves out a fair amount of music that's in the other two.
Since Giampieri was much later than Cavallini, there must have been an edition earlier than this Ricordi one. Does anyone know of earlier sources that are either still in print somewhere or available in facsimile online?
This is strictly a matter of personal curiosity - the PMEA kids are stuck learning and playing the shortened 1945 edition. But there are questions I have about both the earlier one and the 1990 Hite version, and I wonder whether something earlier would answer any of them.
Karl
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Author: sdr
Date: 2014-06-24 05:00
I have an out of print version published in mid20th century by Cundy Bettony. Don't know who edited the version. Happy to email the .pdf file if you send me contact info.
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Author: clarinetist04
Date: 2014-06-24 23:13
There's a 1900 version published by Cundy-Bettony in a local library. Will try to find it when I get home today.
Carl Fischer also did one in the first part of the 20th century but I don't know the exact date.
Post Edited (2014-06-24 23:31)
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Author: kdk
Date: 2014-06-25 04:34
Does anyone know what the original publication date was and who published it? Cavallini died in 1874.
Where, without trolling around in dusty Italian library archives, would you look for this information?
In searching for the Ricordi publishing company (thinking it may have been the original publisher), I found that Casa Ricordi, AKA G. Ricordi & Co., was founded in 1808 and was acquired by BMG in 2004, Universal in 2007. Does it still publish under the Ricordi name? I wonder if there exists an archival list of its publications.
Karl
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2014-06-25 07:40
Karl, you might try e-mailing Adriano Amore with your question at:
clarinetto@adrianoamore.it
He has done a lot of research on Italian compositions and prepared numerous performance materials for public domain works (many of which are available for free on his site). He used to have many more items listed on his site and may well know about the original publication.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2014-06-25 08:23
While looking at Amore's website, I found a link to a 46 page book or monograph he wrote on the music of Cavallini. On page 35, he notes that the Adagio and Tarantella was published by (Giovanni) Canti, Milan in 1869.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: kdk
Date: 2014-06-25 20:44
Thanks again, Jack. Help me with the website - it's in Italian - clicking on English for the website produces only English menus and, Google Translation for the rest notwithstanding, I'm have trouble finding anything other than Ernesto Cavallini: Il Principe del clarinetto, which is written in Italian (128 pages, so it may not be the same thing you've found) with no English version that I see.
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Author: kdk
Date: 2014-06-26 01:47
I found it - on the history page. I see the reference on page 35. Too bad I don't read Italian. ![[frown]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie2.gif)
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2014-06-26 02:36
The paragraph that contains the reference reads:
"Several, finally, are his compositions for small chamber ensemble, all written during his stay in St. Petersburg and performed there in the frequent musical evenings organized by the cellist and orchestra director, Carl Schuberth or in those given at the court of the Tsar. Among these final compositions, we remember [list of works, including the Adagio and Tarantella, giving each one's title, date, publisher and city of publication], all for clarinet and piano... [there follows a list of chamber works for other combinations.]
Best regards,
jnk
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