JAVS Summer 2018

Version II (Cadenza B) Mvmt. I: 30 measures

Mvmt. II: 16 measures

Rondo

Version I (Eingang 1A) at m. 37: 7 measures Version II (Eingang 1B) at m. 37: 5 measures Version III (Eingang 1C) at m. 37: 9 measures Version I (Eingang 2A) at m. 165: 17 measures Version II (Eingang 2B) at m. 165: 10 measures Version III (Eingang 2C) at m. 165: 3 measures

Embellishment at m. 85: 3 versions of a 1-measure embellishment are included at the bottom of page 9 of the solo part (not within the separate cadenza section)

Recordings :

Strauss, Michael : Mvmt. II (Version I) and Mvmt. III: m. 37 (Version I), m. 85 (First Embellishment), and m. 165 (Version I; truncated, using the opening only)

Composer :

Meyer, Clemens (1868–1958)

Movements : 1 and 2 Editions :

• Leipzig: J. Rieter-Biedermann, 1900, [J R-B 2362?], Sammlung auserlesener und seltener Werke (aus dem 18ten Jahrhundert), 2 vols. • Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d., Plate 10434; Edition Peters 3816a. [Originally published c. 1925 as part of Meister des Violaspiels. (18. Jahrhundert) and subsequently published separately by Peters.] Available via IMSLP: http://imslp.org/wiki/Alte_Meister_des_Violaspiels_(Meyer,_Clemens) • New York: International Music, 1943, 542. • Boca Raton, FL: Masters Music Publications, 1991, M 1660 ( Old Masters of the Viola ). (All editions above edited and with a piano reduction by Clemens Meyer.) Note : Clemens Meyer was a German violist, composer, and musicologist who studied with Hermann Ritter and played viola at Bayreuth in the Richard Wagner Festival. In addition to composing original works for viola, he published several early compilations of viola music and is responsible for the shortened Fantasie version of J. N. Hummel’s Potpourri . Meyer’s cadenza is the earliest published cadenza for the concerto and has remained popular through continued reprints by Edition Peters and International Music.

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