for Piano Clarinet and Viola-About Piano Trio In Eb Major K. 498 (Kegelstatt)By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) edited by Wolfgang Plath Wolfgang Rehm. K. 498. Set of performance parts (includes separate pull-out clarinet and viola parts) for piano trio (clarinet or violin viola piano). Eb Major. 42 pages. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA.BA5325)

Based on Robert Schumann. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, Band II/3. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. The Fairy-Tale Narratives (Märchenerzählungen) for B-flat Clarinet (ad libitum Violin), Viola and Piano, Op. 132, belong to the few Schumann works that were composed, revised and published in a short time: composed in Düsseldorf, at beginning of October 1853, the new composition was already offered for publication to the Breitkopf & Härtel publishing house on 3 November and printed in February 1854. Composition and publication of the Märchenerzählungen were accompanied, though, by difficult times, the final days before the composer was admitted to the psychiatric clinic in Endenich. The work’s reception lies in the shadow of the last creative period: The pieces were associated with his life’s darker phases and were very little played. The Märchenerzählungen transmit Schumann’s single work for this unusual piano trio with viola and clarinet. The only well-known earlier example in this setting at that time is Mozart’s “Kegelstatt” Trio K 498 (composed in 1786). Schumann was certainly already acquainted with the work from his Leipzig years – it was played in one of the “quartet sessions” in 1829. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Répertoire / Clarinette, Alto et Piano

Brahms?s Clarinet Trio composed in 1891 was inspired by the exceptional musicality of clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld. As he did for his horn trio Brahms prepared a viola part as a possible alternative to the clarinet. Both scorings were rehearsed (the viola part being played by Joseph Joachim) prior to the premiere and publication of the work.Bärenreiter?s scholarly-critical edition prepared by Christopher Hogwood offers a foreword on the trio?s compositional process with comments on performance practice as well as a comprehensive critical commentary and facsimile excerpts of the manuscript.Viola part included as an alternative to the clarinetpartWith a detailed foreword (Eng/Ger) on the work?s genesis and performance Practice