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

[Urs Liska]

Am 30.01.2014 15:49, schrieb Alexander Deubelbeiss:
> > 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)?
>
> Which specific works are we interested in? Between the university and the 
> Hochschule für Musik, Basel seems to have quite a bit of material, much of 
> which I could at least consult on-site.
>
> How about, for instance:
>
> _Klavier-Werke [Noten] / von Robert Schumann ; erste mit Fingersatz und 
> Vortragsbezeichnung versehene instructive Ausgabe, nach den Handschriften und 
> persönlicher Überlieferung hrsg. von Clara Schumann_. Leipzig et al.: Breitkopf 
> und Härtel, zw. 1880-1920

That looks quite close.

http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00033403/image_1
is it, and we're interested in p. 15 of vol. II

http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00033403/image_17

If you should go there in persona you might ask for Oskar Fried: Lieder 
to have a look at our big LilyPond edition ;-)
The library of the Musikakademie should have a copy.

Best
Urs