Theme and variations for Full Band op. 43a
(Theme and variations for Full Band op. 43a)
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Die Quellen zu op. 43 sind Teil eines Filiationszusammenhangs, in den
auch die im Band 14,1 der Reihe B beschriebenen Quellen zu Thema und Variationen
für Orchester, op. 43 B, gehören. Im Gegensatz zu der Orchesterfassung
sind für die Bläserfassung mehrere autographe Quellen überliefert:
Die Skizzen [Archivnr. 1845-1887], die erste Niederschrift [Archivnr.
1821-1844] und die Lichtpausreinschrift [Archivnr. 1777-1820]. Die von
fremder Hand angefertigte Stichvorlage ist verschollen, ebenso Schönbergs
Vorlage für den Partiturdruck der Orchesterfassung. Vom Partiturdruck
dieser Fassung, die 1944 erschien, liegen drei Exemplare mit handschriftlichen
Eintragungen Schönbergs vor. 1949 erschienen sowohl die verkleinerte
Studienpartitur der Orchesterfassung als auch die gedruckte Partitur der
Bläserfassung mit dem Stimmenmaterial.
Skizzen
Arnold Schönberg Center, Wien (Nachlaß Schönberg, MS 43,
Archivnr. 1845-1887, 2 Seiten ohne Archivnr.)
35 bibliographische Einheiten (Blätter, Bögen, zusammengeklebte
Einheiten) unterschiedlicher Größe.
Each leaf is described by microfilm number and is written in pencil unless
otherwise indicated. Mfl. 1845 : Written on two leaves joined together
to form one irregularly shaped leaf, measuring at its greatest 21.5 x
34.4 cm. The recto has 12 hand drawn staves in black ink and contains
bars 148-162, differing from the published version. The measures are numbered
in red pencil; one correction is made in black ink. The verso is blank.
Mfl. 1846 : Written on one leaf measuring 21.5 x 27.8 cm. with 11 hand
drawn staves in black ink on the recto, containing bars 163-168, differing
from the published version. The bar following 168 is crossed out. The
measures are numbered in red pencil. The verso is blank. Mfl. 1847 : Written
on one leaf measuring 21.5 x 27.8 cm. with 10 hand drawn staves in black
ink on the recto, containing bars 163-168, differing from the published
version. The measures are numbered in red pencil. The verso is blank.
Mfl. 1848 : Written on one leaf of transparent paper measuring 24.1 x
33.5 cm. with 8 hand drawn staves in black ink, containing bars 148-152,
differing from the published version. Mfl. 1849 : Written on one leaf
of transparent paper measuring 24 x 33.5 cm. with 8 hand drawn staves
in black ink, containing bars 153-157, differing from the published version.
Mfl. 1850 : Written on two separate leaves joined together in the larger
leaf's right margin. The larger leaf is 'G. Schirmer, Inc., New York,
Style No. 5 - 18 Staves' measuring 33.2 x 26.6 cm. The recto contains
a sketch written in pencil and black ink of bars 1-20. The verso is blank.
The smaller leaf measures 27.8 x 21.5 cm. with 13 hand drawn staves in
black ink on the recto and contains a sketch of the bass line for bars
1-21. The verso of each leaf is blank. Mfl. 1851 : Written on one double
leaf of 'G. Schirmer, Inc., New York, Style No. 6 - 24 Staves', measuring
26.6 x 33.2 cm. Page [1] contains a sketch of bar 21 ff. which is crossed
out, and a sketch of bars 21-24. Pages [2-4] are blank. Mfl. 1852 : Written
on one leaf measuring 21.5 x 27.9 cm. with 11 hand drawn staves in black
ink on the recto, containing a sketch of bars 77-81 and one brief unidentified
sketch. The verso is blank. Mfl. 1853 : Written on one leaf measuring
12.3 x 27.8 cm. with 5 hand drawn staves in black ink on the recto, containing
early sketches of bars 43-44, 1-3. The verso is blank. Mfl. 1854 : Written
on one leaf with 13 staves, measuring 27.8 x 21.5 cm., containing a one
measure sketch, possibly an early version of bar 98, and an early sketch
of bar 8 ff. The verso is blank. Mfl. 1855-1856 : Written on one leaf
measuring 19.3 x 24.1 cm. with 8 staves. The recto contains early sketches
in pencil and black ink of bar 22, 43-44, and three early sketches of
bar 85 ff. The verso contains early sketches of bar 38 ff., 29 ff. and
38-41. There is arithmetic in the upper margin. Mfl. 1857 : Written on
two leaves joined to form one large leaf measuring 27.9 x 40.4 cm. The
recto contains an early sketch of bars 43-46 and three brief unidentified
sketches. The instrumentation is noted in black ink in the right margin
and the following note is written in black ink in the upper margin: 'Solo
Bb Clarinet - if not marked otherwise - always plays with Cl I except
if immediately a solo follows'. The verso is blank. Mfl. 1858 : Written
on one leaf of transparent paper measuring 22.6 x 34 cm. with 8 hand drawn
staves in black ink, containing an early sketch of bars 43-47. Another
similar note about the solo Bb Clarinet appears at the bottom of the page.
Mfl. 1859 : Written on one leaf of 'G. Schirmer (Inc.) New York, 12 Staves,
No. 5' measuring 20 x 26.5 cm. The recto (mfl. 1859) contains an early
sketch of bars 85-86. The verso contains a sketch of an unidentified 4
part mirror canon. Mfl. 1860-1861 : Written on one leaf measuring 22.6
x 28.9 cm. The recto has 8 hand drawn staves in black ink and contains
three early sketches of bar 148 ff. and five brief unidentified sketches,
possibly for Variation V. The verso has 11 hand drawn staves in black
ink, perpindicular to those on the recto, and contains a one measure unidentified
sketch using the bass line in bar 28, and a sketch of its inversion. Mfl.
1862 : Written on one leaf measuring 21.5 x 27.9 cm. with 11 hand drawn
staves on the recto, containing a sketch of bars 100-105. The verso is
blank. Mfl. 1863 : Written in pencil and black ink on one leaf measuring
27.8 x 21.5 cm. with 13 hand drawn staves in black ink on the recto, containing
an unidentified four measure sketch (possibly for the first or second
variation), an unidentified sketch in the style of Variation I, and a
sketch of bars 106-116. The verso is blank. Mfl. 1864 : Written in pencil
and black ink on one leaf measuring 22.5 x 28.4 cm. with 8 hand drawn
staves in black ink on the recto. A portion measuring 5.8 x 19 cm. has
been cut from the upper right hand corner. The leaf contains a brief sketch
of a triplet passage (possibly for the first or second variation), an
early sketch for the seventh variation and two unidentified sketches,
the second of which is written in red and blue pencil. The verso is blank.
Mfl. 1865 : Written in pencil and black ink on one leaf of 'G. Schirmer,
Inc., New York, Style No. 5 - 18 Staves' measuring 33.2 x 26.5 cm. containing
an early sketch of bar 22 ff., a sketch of the bass line for bars 1-21,
and two early sketches of bar 148 ff. The verso is blank. Mfl. 1866 :
Written in pencil and black ink on two leaves, cut and joined together
to form one large leaf measuring 39.6 x 21.5 cm. The recto contains an
unidentified, unused [?], seven measure sketch in G major, marked 'canon'.
Corrections are made in red pencil. The verso is blank. Mfl. 1867-1868
: Written on one leaf with 13 staves measuring 27.9 x 21.5 cm. The recto
contains an early sketch of bars 148-156. The verso contains a sketch
of bar 161 ff. Mfl. 1869-1870 : Written on one leaf measuring 15.3 x 23.4
cm. with 8 hand drawn staves in black ink on the recto. The recto contains
two brief unidentified sketches, and a sketch of bars 154-158 ff. The
verso has 9 hand drawn staves in black ink, perpendicular to those on
the recto, and contains three unidentified sketches of the same passage.
Mfl. 1871 : Written on one leaf measuring 15.3 x 24.1 cm. with 8 hand
drawn staves in black ink on the recto, and 12 hand drawn staves on the
verso which are perpendicular to those on the recto. The recto contains
an early sketch of bars 162-166. The verso is blank. Mfl. 1872-1873 :
Written on one leaf measuring 15.2 x 23.5 cm. with 6 hand drawn staves
in black ink on the recto. The recto contains a sketch of bars 161-163
ff. The verso has 10 hand drawn staves in black ink, perpendicular to
those on the recto, and contains a chromatic scale in bass clef with measure
numbers written by the notes to indicate the first bass notes in bars
149-166. These indications vary slightly from the actual notes in the
published version. Mfl. 1874-1876 : Written on one leaf measuring 21.6
x 27.8 cm. with 10 hand drawn staves in black ink on the recto. The recto
contains sketches in pencil, red pencil and black ink of bars 169-170
ff., four sketches of bar 171 ff. and two sketches in the lower margin
of bar 172 ff. The verso has 14 hand drawn staves in black ink, perpendicular
to those on the recto, and contains a sketch of bar 187 ff. and one unidentified
sketch. Mfl. 1877 : Written on one leaf measuring 15.2 x 24.2 cm. with
8 hand drawn staves on the recto, containing a sketch of bars 254-261.
The verso is blank. Mfl. 1878 : Written on one leaf measuring 15.3 x 24.2
cm. with 7 hand drawn staves in black ink on the recto, containing two
early sketches of bars 259-260. The verso is blank. Mfl. 1879 : Written
on one leaf measuring 15.2 x 24.2 cm. with 7 hand drawn staves in black
ink on the recto, containing an early sketch of bar 156 ff. and one brief
unidentified sketch. The verso is blank. Mfl. 1880 : Written on one leaf
with 13 staves, measuring 27.8 x 21.5 cm., containing a sketch of bars
77-80. The verso is blank. Mfl. 1881-1883 : Written on one double leaf
of 'Monarck Brand, Warrantied, No. 36, Carl Fischer, New York' measuring
34.5 x 27.4 cm. Page [1] contains bars 169-175, p. [2] is blank, p. [3]
contains bars 183-189 and p. [4] contains bars 176-182. This draft is
slightly different from the published version. The actual measure numbers
are added in red pencil on p. [3]. Mfl. 1884 : Written in black ink on
one leaf trimmed to two staves and pasted to a piece of cardboard measuring
6 x 23 cm. The leaf contains two converging chromatic scales, each spanning
an octave plus a major third, ending on the g above middle c. The verso
is blank. Mfl. 1885 : Written in black ink on three leaves designed for
billing, measuring 21 x 14 cm., containing orchestration charts. The versos
are blank. Mfl. 1886-1887 : Written on two separate leaves affixed to
either side of a piece of cardboard measuring 28 x 20.2 cm. The recto
is written on a leaf with 13 staves and contains brief sketches for the
beginning of each variation with timings. A smaller leaf is affixed to
the recto, measuring 12.6 x 10.7 cm., on which Schoenberg has written
'divisi are used in two ways/both in large notes must be played/those
in small notes can be omitted if all players can play the main part/have
to be played by weaker players/while good ones play the main voice'. The
verso is written on one leaf of lined paper and contains a measure number
chart of the piece, broken down by variations. The numbers are either
ink stamped or written in pencil. Groupings of measures are given in red
pencil. Written in pencil and purple pencil on one leaf measuring 5.6
x 33.8 cm. The recto contains calculations on timings and the following
note on copying: 'the paper on which the masters have to be written must
be 12 4/8 by 8 1/4 (or 14 by 9 1/2) inches'. The verso is blank. Typewritten
and handwritten on one leaf measuring 13.8 x 21.5 cm. The recto contains
a typewritten carbon copy of performance instructions, mentioning piccolo,
oboes and bassoons, horns, alto sax, tenor and baritone sax. The verso
contains detailed handwritten calculations of timings.
Beschreibung der Quelle in: Arnold Schönberg. Sämtliche Werke.
Abteilung IV. Orchesterwerke. Reihe B, Band 13: Orchesterwerke II. Kritischer
Bericht, Skizzen, Herausgegeben von Nikos Kokkinis und Jürgen Thym.
Mainz, Wien 1993, p. 113.
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Erste Niederschrift
Arnold Schönberg Center, Wien (Nachlaß Schönberg, Archivnummern
1821-1844)
Konvolut ohne Umschlag aus 24 Blättern verschiedenartigen Notenpapiers,
bei dem die Systeme alle von Hand aufgetragen sind. 3 Löcher von
ca. 6mm Durchmesser im Abstand von 10 cm lassen eine frühere Lochheftung
bei der Mehrzahl der Blätter erkennen. Die Blätter sind bis
auf eine Ausnahme nur auf der Vorderseite beschrieben; fast alle sind
mit Bleistift beschriftet. In Bezug auf den Inhalt ist allgemein zu bemerken,
daß die Niederschrift teilweise schon ausführliche Instrumentationsangaben
enthält. Innerhalb des Konvoluts mit der ersten Niederschrift befinden
sich auch einige Skizzen zu Variation VI und dem Finale.
The score contains bars 25-278 and is written in pencil on leaves with
from 9 to 14 hand drawn staves, primarily in black ink, and measuring
from 27.8 x 21.4 cm. to 30.3 x 27.9 cm. The measures are numbered throughout,
primarily in red pencil. Mfl. 1821 : has staves drawn in blue ink, and
Schoenberg has written in the right margin 'after a long interruption/started
here/June 20, 1943'. Mfl. 1822 : has the following written in the lower
margin: 'June 20 started after a long interruption (counterpoint textbook)'.
Mfl. 1823 : is dated 'June 20, 1943'. Mfl. 1827 : contains the note 'improve
from mes. 79'. On mfl. 1828, bar 93 is corrected through cutting and pasting,
and the following four measures contain a short sketch where Schoenberg
has written 'reserve for later/F major first/f# minor later' and 'reserved
for later use'. Mfl. 1839 : At the top is written and crossed out 'a few
measures of introduction preceeding [sic] this'. Mfl. 1844 : The end of
the piece is inscribed 'ending sketched July 3, 1943'. Several leaves
are expanded in size through pasting on smaller leaves: mfl. 1828, mfl.
1836, mfl. 1837, mfl. 1838, mfl. 1839, mfl. 1840, mfl. 1844. Mfl. 1837
: The verso contains pencil sketches. The first is marked 'last form for
finale' in red pencil and is of bars 227-233. There are four other short
sketches, possibly early versions of bar 213 ff.
Beschreibung der Quelle in: Arnold Schönberg. Sämtliche Werke,
a. a. O., p. 117
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Lichtpausreinschrift
Arnold Schönberg Center, Wien (Nachlaß Schönberg,
1777- 1820)
Konvolut, quer 255 x 382 mm, aus dünnem Pappumschlag mit grauem Packpapierrücken,
4 Lagen (I-IV) zu je drei Bögen und 43 Lichtpausblätter, die
mit transparenten Klebestreifen auf die Seiten aufgeklebt wurden; die
Lagen I und IV sind mit grünem Leinenrücken, II und III mit
braunem Papierrücken verstärkt; weiße Fadenheftung. Die
Lichtpausblätter wurden derart aufgeklebt, daß sich die Titelseite
und die ungeradzahlig numerierten Blätter auf den Recto- Seiten,
die geradzahlig numerierten auf den Verso- Seiten befinden. Das letzte
mit 42 numerierte Lichtpausblatt bildet eine Ausnahme: statt auf die Verso-
Seite des vorletzten Blattes wurde es auf die Recto- Seite des letzten
Blattes aufgeklebt [...].
Auf der Umschlagseite ist ein weißes Etikett in der Mitte auf die
Pappe aufgeklebt; auf dem Etikett (autograph): THEME AND VARIATIONS /
FOR WIND BAND / Originals on transparent paper; rechts unten auf
der Umschlagpappe befindet sich Schönbergs Paraphe [...].
Durchlaufende Paginierung mit Bleistift in der rechten oberen Ecke des
Blattes mit Ausnahme der Blätter 2-5, bei denen die Seitenzahlen
mit schwarzer Tinte eingetragen sind.
The score is written on 42 numbered leaves of transparent paper. The first
four leaves are written on 'Maestro No. 107' from Independent Music Publishers,
measuring 37.5 x 28 cm. and are in full score format. The remaining leaves
are in condensed score format, have from 8 to 12 hand drawn staves in
black ink and measure from 22.4 x 34.4 cm. to 24.2 x 33.6 cm. The score
is taped onto 24 leaves which are bound in handmade cardboard binding
with the cover title: 'Theme and variations for wind band. Originals on
transparent paper'. The larger transparent leaves are folded to fit on
the bound leaves. Timings are written on the verso of the t.p. Corrections
are made to the score through cutting and taping. Schoenberg's short signature
appears on the cover. The end of the piece is inscribed in pencil: 'finished
July 3, 1943/score finished/August 24, 1943/Arnold Schoenberg'. Copyright
information is also written on p. 42, in black ink 'Copyright 1943 by
Arnold Schoenberg/116 N. Rockingham Ave./Los Angeles 24, Calif.'
Beschreibung der Quelle in: Arnold Schönberg. Sämtliche Werke,
a. a. O., p. 120
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