Re: Anybody near a library posessing the "Old Schumann Edition"

[Ralph Palmer]

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 3:57 AM, Urs Liska <address@hidden> wrote:

I wanted to get my hands on a volume of Clara Schumann's edition of Robert Schumann's works. Unfortunately I realized that we don't have this at all in my city.

Is there anybody having convenient access to a library that owns this edition (not the one revised by Wilhelm Kempff)?

It would be nice if someone could go there and do some measurements on one page (which we'd like to have for our "engraving challenges").

Best
Urs

Urs -

It might help to be able to narrow your search. Try WorldCat <www.worldcat.org>. I did a search, and got multiple hits, some with just the Schumanns, not with Kempff, but I don't know which works you're looking for. Once you find the edition you want (and when you see the correct title, you can click on "all editions and formats"), you can see which libraries hold it. If you're not in a huge hurry, you could try interlibrary loan, or perhaps you could contact the library directly to try to get measurements. The one edition I looked at more closely had, under "Description", "1 score (183 p.) ; 31 cm." WorldCat lists libraries worldwide.

Best of luck,

Ralph

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