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The Digital Baermann

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List of cited sources held at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Weber: Clarinet Quintet, op. 34 Composer
Carl Maria von Weber

Work title
Clarinet Quintet, op. 34

Composition date
1811–15

Selected manuscript sources
Autograph fair copy (1815), made by Weber for his own archive (1815), available in D-B Mus.ms.autogr. Weber, C. M. v., WFN 14 (2)
Copyist’s manuscript with corrections by Weber of movements I–III are available in US-Wc ML30.8b .W4 op. 34 ; movement IV available in D-B Weberiana Cl. I,14
Autograph by Weber of arrangement for clarinet and piano is available in US_Wc ML30.8b .W4 op. 34

Early Prints
First edition by Schlesinger pl. 183 (1816).

Carl Baermann edition
Robert Lineau/Schlesinger S. 5580, version for clarinet and strings and clarinet and piano. The clarinet part and piano score are available as part of the Edirom digital edition. The original version is reprinted as Lineau RL 36100 an the piano arrangement as RL 36110.

As with all of Baermann's editions, there are extensive alterations and additions to dynamics, articulation, and expression markings. Allroggen and Holtstreater also suggest it can be presumed that Baermann was responsible for editing the string parts. The piano part in Baermann's edition deviates from Weber's arrangement.

Metronome Marks:
I: Allegro: crotchet = 108
II: Fantasia Adagio ma non troppo: quaver = 42
III: Menuetto Capriccio Presto:: dotted minim = 92
IV: Rondo Allegro giojoso: crotchet = 112

Modern critical editions
Weber Sämtliche Werke VI Bd. 3., Schott WGA 1063 (2005), edited by Gerhard Allroggen and Knut Holtstraeter. Also available as Schott ED 9186 (parts) and Eulenberg ETP 384 (minature score).
The Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe also produced an online digital edition on the platform Edirom which allows users to view commentary and source images in context via an annotated digital score.

Brietkopf EB5830 (2000), edited by Guenter Hausswald, Wolfgang Meyer and Christoph Poppen.
Breitkopf EB8753 (2000), piano reduction by Weber, edited by Ulrich Leisinger,

Notes
For a detailed discussion of the sources relating to this work, see the Weber Gesamtausgabe and Edirom digital edition as well as the preface and commentary by Allroggen and Holtstreater.
Mendelssohn: Konzertstück No.1, Op.113 Composer
Felix Mendelssohn

Work title
Konzertstück [Concertstück] No.1, Op.113

Composition date
1832

Selected manuscript sources
Autograph piano version held in US-Wc ML96. M45 Case (not digitised, currently not listed in online catalogue).
Autograph of orchestral version available at F-Pn Ms. 209.
Manuscript fragment of title page with authenticated annotations by Mendelssohn available at US-NYj, 27 M523ko op. 113 .

Carl Baermann edition
André pl. 10056 (c. 1869). Available at D-Dl Mus.5543.Q.501-1
Baermann's edition is the first published version of the work. It contains extensive additional dynamics, articulations, and expression markings as well as metronome marks and expanded cadenzas for both instruments in the introduction.

Metronome marks:
Allegro con fuoco: crotchet = 138
Andante: dotted crotchet = 40
Presto: dotted crotchet = 116

Modern critical editions
Henle 1067, edited by Frank Heidelberger (2015). Urtext version based on autograph piano and orchestral versions.

Notes
See prefaces and critical commentary to the edition by Heidlberger (2015) for further information.
Weber: Concerto No. 1 in F minor, op. 73 Composer
Carl Maria von Weber

Work title
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, op. 73

Composition date
1811

Selected manuscript sources
Autograph score from Weber's private library in D-B ms. autogr. C. M. v. Weber WFN 11.
Autograph copy in Weber's hand, previously owned and used by Heinrich and Carl Baermann, in US-Wc ML30.8b .W4 (see below). This score contains various annotations and alterations, including the insertion of the 16-bar 'Baermann cadenza' in the first movement.

A number of annotations added and subsequently deleted from US-Wc do not have parallels in the later Baermann edition. These likely reflect the ongoing development of the Baermann's performance practices as well as what information they felt needed to be conveyed to the orchestra in rehearsal and performance. The following is based solely on examination of the digitised score; an in-person inspection may yield more information.

I b. 47: [pause symbol]
I b. 96: 'ritard'
I b. 278 indications to slow down: both Weber's hand and subsequent annotations have been excised

II 18–20: alternating Forte and Piano markings on each phrase.

III b. 124: 'poco meno'
III b. 282: 'Tempo I'
III b. 332: 'piu allegro'

Early prints
First edition, supervised by Weber: Schlesinger pl. 1177 (1824), piano version digitised by D-Mbs 4 Mus.pr. 89.717.

Carl Baermann edition
Robert Lineau/Schlesinger, pl. S. 1177 (1870). Available commercially as part of the Henle Urtext edition (see below), and as Lineau RL36270.
Significant additions and alterations to all aspects of the music, including the inclusion of the 16-bar 'Baermann cadenza' in the 1st movement, as well as metronome marks for movements and sections.

Metronome marks:
I Allegro: crotchet = 108
b. 110 con anima: 'Tempo ritenuto' crotchet = 92
b. 130 lusingando e con espressione: 'Con moto': crotchet = 100
b. 145: 'Tempo I': crotchet = 112
b. 170: 'Un poco ritenuto': crotchet = 92
b. 192: grazioso: 'Tempo I': crotchet = 100

II Adagio ma non troppo crotchet = 46
b. 31 Poco più animato: crotchet = 66

III 'Allegro' [Weber: Allegretto]: crotchet = 120

Modern critical editions
Henle 731, edited by Norbert Gertsch. Henle (2002). Urtext version based on the MS sources and first edition, alongside Baermann's edition.
Weber Sämtliche Werke V Bd. 6., Schott WGA 1056 (2010), edited by Frank Heidlberger. Also available as Schott KLB 78 (piano reduction, first edition version only) and Eulenberg ETP 1902 (miniature score with parallel clarinet parts).

Notes
See prefaces and critical commentaries to the urtexts by Gertsch (2002) and Heidlberger (2010) for further information.

Explore further sources in the Virtual Archive relating to Baermann's edition of this work by following the path below.
Weber: Grand duo concertant, op. 48
Composer
Carl Maria von Weber

Work title
Grand duo concertant, op. 48

Composition date
1815–16

Selected manuscript sources
Autograph sketches in D-B
Autograph fair copy is digitised in US-Wc. According to Allroggen and Holsträter, these were made by Weber for his own archive, and do not derive from same source as D-B.
Engraver’s proof is in A-Wst.

Early prints
First edition, Schlesinger pl. 253 (1817), digitised by D-Mbs (see below)

Carl Baermann edition
Robert Lineau pl. S. 5590 (1869). Commercially available as RL36080. Comparative clarinet part forthcoming.
Baermann's edition features extensive changes to phrasing and articulation, additional and changed dynamics, additional tempo and expression indications, and metronome marks in the first and second movements. He also adds rehearsal letters.
Notably, Baermann's changes to the phrasing marks tend towards replacing Weber's unusually long slurs with shorter ones, or removing them entirely, creating a more articulated and less legato effect overall.

Metronome marks:
Allegro con fuoco: minim = 116
Andante con moto: crotchet = 48
Rondo Allegro: no mark

Modern editions
Weber Sämtliche Werke VI Bd. 3., Schott WGA 1063 (2005), edited by Gerhard Allroggen and Knut Holsträter. Also published as Schott KLB 58. Gives priority to the engraver's proof (A-Wst).

Notes
For further sources, see the Weber Gesamtasugabe.