At 1:19 PM -0400 8/21/09, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
All this talk about concert pitches and brass parts brings to mind that from what I understand now, many HIP performance groups would rather use the 18th century parts when available and make any editorial changes on those-- really taking out the step of making a performing edition. But that still doesn't address the need for scores that would be useful for college students, and other researchers. In the case of Graupner, all the orchestral parts to his orchestral suites vanished in the late 18th century (it's unclear what happened). So I have my work cut out for me. I'm almost halfway finished editing all of the surviving 85 suites now. *Whew*
But SUCH a worthwhile project!!! I've used at least one of Kim's editions, and the music is well worth it (although I probably wouldn't schedule a season with all 85 suites!!!).
And yes, a lot of hard-core specialists DO prefer facsimiles rather than modern editions, feeling that they convey information that modern editions strip out, but those are few and far between, and would be useless for the performers Kim is targeting--like my own groups!
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