Weber: Concertino in E flat major, op. 26
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 13 (not digitised).
Autograph copy made for F. W. Jähns in 1865 in D-B Weberiana Cl. IV A, Bd. 21.
The Baermann family autograph copy of this work is lost, but both Weber's autograph and Jähns's copy contain Jähns's annotations relating to details found in the Baermann copy. According to Gertsch, these include a repeat of bars 96–103 (variation II); più mosso in b. 155; the phrase 'risoluto im Druck' in bar 163; and a note of a total playing time of 10 minutes.
Carl Baermann edition
Robert Lineau/Schlesinger, pl. S. 1177 (1870). Available commercially as part of the Henle Urtext edition (see below), and as Lineau RL35870.
As in Baermann's other editions, this clarinet part contains a large number of additional or altered dynamic, phrasing, accent and articulation markings, as well as additional expression and rubato indications. Notable is his addition of different metronome marks and expression indications for each variation, which accords with his practice in variations of his own composition and his edition of Weber's Variations op. 33.
Metronome marks:
Adagio ma non troppo: crotchet = 52
b. 38: Thema - Andante con anima: crotchet = 84
b. 54: Poco più vivo: crotchet = 112
b. 73: Var. I: meno mosso: crotchet = 100
b. 96: Var. II: 'Poco più vivo': crotchet= 112
b. 125: 'Lento': crotchet = 63
c. 147: Allegro: crotchet = 100
Modern critical editions
Henle 718, edited by Norbert Gertsch. Henle (2001). 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.
Notes
See prefaces and critical commentaries to the urtexts by Gertsch (2001) and Heidlberger (2010) for further information.
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