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

[Urs Liska]

Am 30.01.2014 18:28, 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 f?r 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 
> > > pers?nlicher ?berlieferung hrsg. von Clara Schumann_. Leipzig et al.: Breitkopf 
> > > und H?rtel, zw. 1880-1920
>
> OK then: Robert Schumann's Werke, Serie 7: Für Pianoforte zu zwei Händen. No 
> complete set here, but there happens to be a copy of volume 2 in UB Basel.

Yes, that's it.

> Mild problem: this is old enough to only be available in a special reading room 
> where I can't take any tools other than paper and pencil. Measuring to the mm 
> is feasible with a paper tape though.
>
> Would that help, and what, precisely, did you need measured?

If it's not too much an effort for you that would help indeed.

We're interested in the page containing "Estrella" from "Carnaval op. 9"

I think what we could use is:
- paper size
- margins and line width
- indent of first system
- bottom margin
- staff height (rastral height)
- total distance from topmost staffline to lowest staffline
  (as it doesn't cover the whole page)
- (largest and smallest PianoStaff height)

Oh my, if I think that I've been in Basel on Monday ...

Best
Urs