In the ‚Sächsische Landesbibliothek Dresden‘ a
copy of an anonymous convolute of 30 trios for
clarinets is preserved with the title ‘ Partia a Tre.
Clarinetto primo. Clarinetto Secundo. Clarinetto
Terzo’ (Sign. D-DI Mus. 2-P-3). The convolute is
online available. The original copy has been
established in between 1760 and 1780. Eight of the
pieces have been published already by Pamela Weston in
1971 (Edition Schott ED 10997). The remaining 22 pieces
are presented here.
Trio no. 12 i...(+)
In the ‚Sächsische Landesbibliothek Dresden‘ a
copy of an anonymous convolute of 30 trios for
clarinets is preserved with the title ‘ Partia a Tre.
Clarinetto primo. Clarinetto Secundo. Clarinetto
Terzo’ (Sign. D-DI Mus. 2-P-3). The convolute is
online available. The original copy has been
established in between 1760 and 1780. Eight of the
pieces have been published already by Pamela Weston in
1971 (Edition Schott ED 10997). The remaining 22 pieces
are presented here.
Trio no. 12 is in its musical substance identical to a
quartet for 2 clarinets and 2 horns by Johann Stamitz
(1717 - 1757), first published in 1764 by the German
clarinetist Valentin Roeser (ca. 1735 – ca. 1782) in
his ‘Essai d’instruction’. It has been reprinted
in ‘The Baroque Clarinet’ 2nd edition by Albert R.
Rice 2020, p. 177 and under the name of Roeser in MGG
vol 6 (1957) 1263. The first 4 bars of trio no. 12
(Adagio) are identical to the beginning of the trio for
flute, viola and violoncello by the Viennese flutist
and composer Karl Kreith (ca. 1746 – 1803). The
latter, however, is designated as ‘Allegro’ and
deviates after the first 4 bars. It seems that trio no.
9 corresponds to the second movement of a sonata in C
major for piano by the Bohemian composer Johann Baptist
Vanhal (1739 - 1813). It is not clear if the other
trios are original compositions or arrangements.
The pieces may be played well with basset horns.
