Fantasy Pieces op. 43, for Clarinet and Piano, Niels W. Gade

Niels Wilhelm Gade
Fantasy Pieces op. 43

Nicolai Pfeffer (Editor)
Klaus Schilde (Fingering)
 
Urtext Edition, paperbound
Clarinet Bb and Piano
Pages 34 (III+24+7), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Weight 157 g
HN 1353
ISMN 979-0-2018-1353-0

Along with Robert Schumanns identically titled op. 73, the Fantasiestücke of 1864 by the Danish composer Niels Wilhelm Gade are an essential part of the repertoire of all clarinettists. Gade lived in Leipzig for a long time and had been among Schumanns close friends. With this deeply romantic composition, he made an important contribution to establishing the clarinet as a chamber-music soloist. The four pieces in this collection can of course be performed separately, and are ideal teaching material. Our editor, the clarinettist Nicolai Pfeffer, has drawn upon the German and Danish first editions and the autograph in Copenhagen as sources, and consequently has been able to eliminate several discrepancies found in older editions.