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Author: Steve
Date: 1999-04-21 22:32
Hi, everyone!
I've had a chance to look at several editions of the Mozart clarinet concerto, and notice that the articulation varies widely from one edition to the next. I seem to remember hearing that the manuscript of the piece has no articulation noted, leaving it up to the performer. Is this true, and if not, which is the most faithful edition?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-04-21 23:24
Try and find a back issue of The Clarinet, the magazine of the International Clarinet Association, from last year (I forget which one - there's four a year) that has an excellent discussion on all the popular available editions of the Concerto.
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Author: Meri
Date: 1999-04-22 01:04
The most reliable edition for the Mozart Concerto: look for a Urtext edition.These are editions where only the composer's intentions have been marked.
But the reason for the wide variation in articulation is because Mozart himself wrote very little phrasing and dynamic markings, and players during that time were accustomed to it. Most musicians now would be completely lost without any editing, espcially of works before the Romantic period.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-04-22 01:11
Meri wrote:
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The most reliable edition for the Mozart Concerto: look for a Urtext edition.These are editions where only the composer's intentions have been marked.
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There is no Urtext of the Concerto; the edition that is used as the basis for the contemporary editions was published well after Mozart's death and is not the 1st editon; neither are any manuscripts available for this concerto. A fragment of an early version of the concerto for basset horn (not clarinet) survives, but we know it was re-written for clarinet.
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Author: Katherine Pincock
Date: 1999-04-22 02:06
Since we're on the topic of editions of the Mozart, how good is the Universal edition? I have a copy of that version, but if it's not considered very good, I should probably get another. Any input appreciated!
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Author: Venancio R-M
Date: 1999-04-24 11:09
1987 Barenreiter Edition.
This edition is based on the Urtext edition of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto as a part of the "New Mozart Edition".
In the adaption for clarinet and piano the solo clarinet
(also bassett clarinet)part has remained unaltered and is identical with the solo part of the New Mozart Edition.
In addition to the piano reduction, the study score(TP 254)and the performing material(BA 4773)are also published by "NME".
Suggestions for performance by the clarinetist Hans-Dietrich Klaus are given in the system within the piano part.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-04-24 13:50
Venancio R-M wrote:
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1987 Barenreiter Edition.
This edition is based on the Urtext edition of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto as a part of the "New Mozart Edition".
In the adaption for clarinet and piano the solo clarinet
(also bassett clarinet)part has remained unaltered and is identical with the solo part of the New Mozart Edition.
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What is available from the "Neue Mozart Ausgabe" is hoped to be accurate, but it is not derived from a manuscript. It is the current interpretation of Mozart scholars and may (will, most probably) change. Urtext in almost all cases is based on a manuscript and first edition - this is one of the exceptions.
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