Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters vonConcerto C major
forOboe, 2 horns,2 violins, viola and bass
Edition notes:
Movement 1 has a written-out cadenza for the solo oboe after 11 measures of the 1st solo and one, as usual, at the end of the movement; movement 2 has another also at the end of the movement.
Apart from 2 wrong notes, the score is error-free. The 2nd page of the Largo in the solo oboe is somewhat confused, due to corrections or deletions. The 2nd half of bar 18 and bar 19 are at the beginning of the 3rd system, the following bars are in the 1st and 2nd system. After measure 26, the musical text jumps into the 5th system after the deletion of the originally intended measures 20-26. These are corrected, as mentioned, in the 1st and 2nd system. The cadenza is after the two tutti final bars. The interpretation of the now and then notated serpentine lines over notes with staccato dots is not quite easy. They may stimulate the interpretation fantasies of the soloists. Special expressivity or tempo modifications would be possible.
Changed or added dynamics are in parentheses. Some of these dynamic indications in parentheses are from the editor. Changes in accidentals are also in parentheses. Adjusted slurs are indicated in dashed lines.
Score & 7 parts / 62 pages
Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters vonConcerto C major
forOboe, 2 horns,2 violins, viola and bass
Edition notes:
Source: Fürstliche Hofbibliothek Thurn-und Taxis, Regensburg, shelfmark Dittersdorf 30.
Copy of parts from around 1780 with 8 parts.
Oboe Obligato - Violino primo - Violino Secondo - Corno Primo in D - Corno Secondo in D - Alto Viola - Basso Continuo - Basso Ripieno.
The title page reads: top left Ditters 30, next to it: Concerto in D (key added later) below à Oboe obligato (clarino, added later, difficult to read), Violino Primo Violino Secondo II Violini rip. (there are no parts for this) II Corni in D: Violetta e Basso cont. and Basso ripieno (added later). Below Incipit, the first two bars of violin 1 of movement 1. To the left of Basso cont. Del Sigr. Carlo Ditters: 46.S and the library stamp at bottom left.
3 movements: Allegro C - Adagio C - Allegro assai ₵
There are some corrections and deletions in the oboe part. At the end of movement 1 there are 7 staves with cadence drafts, all crossed out, most of which can be restored. There are also corrections with references in movement 2. The final version for bars 17 to 20 can be found in the lowest stave on the page. The last two bars are 3 staves above. In movement 3 there are only a few corrections within the bars. After 'Il Fine' there are 5 staves with draft cadences, all of which have been made unrecognizable. On the following page there are again draft cadences, of which 5 staves appear to be recoverable. The cadenza written underneath was probably played, as it is not crossed out. For the edition, I have chosen the draft from oboe part page 6, 5th system from the top for movement 1. For movement 2, page 13 of the manuscript, staves 3 and 4, as it is written in the key of G major, and for movement 3 the cadenza staves 6 and 7 mentioned above, which is not crossed out. In the cadenza for movement 3, I changed the note c to b at the second crotchet ascent towards the end of the cadenza, which seemed more logical to me.
In violin 1 and 2, there are more than 10 alterations of the accompanying notes in each part of movement 2. In horn 2, movement 1, bar 129, half note quarter note and quarter rest should be meant. In the ms. the crotchet note and crotchet rest are interchanged. In the last bar of movement 1, a dotted note should be meant on m. 2 instead of 2 equal 8th notes.
In the alto viola part, the notes in movement 1, bar 25, should be a instead of g. Here the copyist has confused bass clef and alto clef.
Altered or added dynamics are in brackets, as are accidental changes. Adjusted slurs are indicated with a dotted line.
Score & 7 parts / 86 pages
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Gershwin George
Themes from
„An American In Paris“
for 7 instruments
Arrangement for 7 instruments by Philipp Matthias Kaufmann
Matthias Kaufmann (*1970) is a Cologne based freelance arranger and composer. He mainly develops symphonic formats for children‘s and family concerts, but also writes arrangements and original works for chamber ensembles. His clients include youth and professional orchestras from the Children‘s Orchestra of North Rhine-Westphalia to the Berlin Philharmonic.
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score & 7 parts / 47 pages
Witt, FriedrichSeptett F-Dur (1817)für Klarinette (B), Horn (F), Fagott, 2 Violinen; Viola, Violoncello/Kontrabass
Neuausgabe nach: «Septetto pour Clarinette, Cor, Basson 2 Violons, Alto & Basse compose par F. Witt» – A Mayence chez B. Schott, n.d.[1817]. Plate 1051.Es gibt sieben Stimmen, aber die Bassstimme ist „Violoncello e Basso“ mit Spielanweisungen, die die beiden unterscheiden, was bedeutet, dass dieses Septett eigentlich für acht Spieler ist. Ähnlich verhält es sich mit Beethovens Sextett in Es-Dur, Op.81b.
Partitur & 7 Stimmen / 112 Seiten