Concert Diary

Errors in Orchestral Scores and Parts

Despite publication of revised editions of orchestral repertoire, much material still contains significant errors. Norman del Mar's Orchestral Variations (Eulenburg, London, 1981), studies 45 works: newer editions have made some chapters obsolete (e.g. Beethoven symphonies), but most remain valid. Some works, e.g. Debussy, Prélude à L'Après-midi d'un faune) are treated thoroughly in the US Conductors Guild Journal. The list below contains errors found during preparation and rehearsals for concerts. Any comments to conductor [at] saso.org.uk. Please give details of edition and contact details. A credit and link will be given.

Boïeldieu, Overture: Le Calife de Bagdad

Two trumpet parts (in A) are supplied with the Kalmus set, reinforcing in tutti sections only. Absent from both Kalmus full score A1330 and Eulenberg miniature EE3791/Nr.1105.

169 / 171 / 173 / 175: bassoon and lower strings: Kalmus / Eulenberg scores have q. e q q rhythm; parts: q. eq. e
243: Scores: strings have crochet rest on 2nd beat. Parts: play as per 3rd and 4th beats.

Britten, Four Sea Interludes: Peter Grimes

Trombones 1-3 missing from instrumentation list of HPS 83, but required in score and listed on first page of music.

Chabrier, España

18 before [N]: Double Bass error in part: first C should be q not e
(correct in score).

Debussy, Marche écossaise

5-6 after [10]: Vln 1: Slur from first quaver of [10]+5 to first quaver of [10]+6 not in parts. In Editions Jobert score E.1410 F.

7 after [12]: Parts: Vln 1 Gn should be G#. Correct in score.

Dvorák, Symphony No.6

I.
10 after [B], bar 117: bassoon 1 part. Natural missing from C quaver.
8 after [C], bar 147: bassoon parts. # missing from first quaver D.

Elgar, Serenade for Strings

II.
Bar 19 [3 after I]. First violin part: semi-quaver beam missing between F and E on third quaver.

de Falla, Suite No.2: El sombrero de tres picos

Source: CH 61762 (Chester Music, 2001). Errors cited in del Mar, Conducting Favourite Concert Pieces (Oxford, 1998), pp.100-113), are corrected in the 2001 Chester score and parts.

II. Danza de Molinero (Farucca)
Bar 23: Horn 1 (in F) part should read F# q - B h.

Janácek, Sinfonietta

Source: UE 8680. / W. Ph. V.224

II.
[4]. Delete violin 1 and 2 and viola dotted crotchet. Rests instead.
5 after [8]: bar 130. Trombone 1: E instead of D.
2 before [9]: bar 134. Trombone 1: final e C instead of A-flat. Trombone 2 is correct.
9 after [12]: bar 195 (both times): no slurs in oboes / clarinets.

III.
4 before [4]: bar 42. Con moto: should read crotchet = 132, not minim = 100. Peters ed. has, also incorrectly, crotchet = 100.
7 and 8 after [4]: bars 49/50. Peters ed. reverses trombone 1 and 2 parts.
5 after [7]: bar 94. 'Camp.'. No pitch in UE 8680. Should be tuned in E-flat.
11 after [7]: bar 100. Tuba should play low A-flat e on 1st beat. Cf. bar 79.
5 after [7]. Delete più mosso marking.

IV.
8 and 9 after [8]: bars 140-41. Oboe part missing from score: should be D-flat - E-flat crotchet (140), tied to E-flat minim (141).

V.
5 after [4]: bar 63. Peters edition has, incorrectly, e = 69, instead of crotchet = 69. (Correct in UE 8680).
3 after [5]: bar 87. Delete double bass F crotchet. Should be rest, with double bass entering as printed in 88.
2 after [8]: bar 116. Cymbal printed one bar too early: should play in 117 instead.
[9]: Score: tempo marked crotchet = 92. Should read = 72.
5 before [11]: Score: Allegro tempo marked dotted minim = 72. Should read dotted crotchet.

Leoncavallo, Pagliacci

in preparation

Maxwell Davies, An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise

Bar 285: Violin 2 (solo) part written h | Crotchet missing: should read: h. |
Correct in score (Boosey and Hawkes HPS 1119 / B & H 20778).

Mozart, Overture: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492

Eulenberg E.E.3703 / Nr. 603:
Bar 293: minim rest missing in second violin.

Rachmaninov, Symphonic Dances, op.45

I.
2 before [9]: Triangle part. Third beat (second printed note): misprinted as crotchet; should be quaver. Correct in score (Boosey and Hawkes 05802).

Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio espagnol

II.
21 before [F]: 'Cello parts: 1st quaver misprinted as A natural. Should read C.

IV.
10 after [O]: 'Cello parts: arco missing.

V.
5 before [Z]: Violin 2 parts: n missing before first (acro) G.

Sibelius, En Saga

Full score (Breitkopf und Härtel no.1786) instrumentation states three percussion players: only two required.

Sibelius, Symphony No.1

IV.
[O]+8: Violins: final quaver misprinted in parts as G; should read F#.

Schoenberg, Pierrot Lunaire

Piccolo part: No.3, Der Dandy: bar 26. Minim rest printed on 4th beat instead of crotchet. Correct in full score.

Richard Strauss, Salome’s Dance

Full Score: Boosey and Hawkes no.16146: reduced orchestra version:

p.6 (bar 54; 3 after E): ’cello: should read low E (like double bass), not D.
p.16: trombones 2,3: & printed; should be ? .
p.17: trombones: should read 2,3; not 1,2.
p.21 (bar 114): violin 1 and 2: should be semi-quaver on third beat, not quaver (c.f. top viola line).
p.47 (bar 255): should solo viola and solo ’cello continue A harmonic during this bar? (c.f. original full orchestra version).

R. Strauss, Suite: Der Rosenkavalier

Study score: Boosey and Hawkes 9070:

pp.6-8: bass clarinet in B-flat, not in A as designated. (Key signature is correct).
p.33: 2^nd violins: one bar too many before pause at [26].
p.38: 4 after [30] / bar 193. Marked minim = 48; should read dotted minim = 48.
pp.53-4 (4-5 after [47]; bars 394-95): should tuba have low E dotted minims?p.56: [49] - 2 and 1 (bars 410 / 411): cor anglais: error in full score. Check also with 1^st and 2^nd bassoon parts.
p.57: 1 after [50] (bar 422): 1^st violin (solo line): printing error. Minim ‘A’ instead of semi-breve.

Stravinsky, L'Histoire du soldat

Marche royale
Bar 19: clarinet. Written C (sounding B-flat) on 4th quaver printed as semi-quaver. Should be quaver.
Bar 77: violin. 3/8 missing.
Bar 125: violin. Crotchet rest and three quavers printed. Should be crotchet rest, then two semi-quavers, then quaver.

Petit Concert
Bar 49: percussion. 3/4 printed. Should be 3/8.
Bar 70: clarinet. Rehearsal no.[16] printed at 70, two bars early. Should be at bar 72.

Danse du diable
Bar 23: score. Violin and Double bass designations printed wrong way around.

Grand choral
Beginning: clarinet part in Concert Suite version not marked as in A.

Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin

Schauer & May edition, 1971: vocal score (S & M 153). No.9 (Letter Scene), p.80, bar 8 vocal line: B-naturals instead of flats.

Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake Suite, op.20

Eulenberg No.1336 and Kalmus score and parts contain different movements:

Eulenberg                                   Kalmus
I.   Scène Act II start                    ditto
II. Waltz Act I/2                           ditto
III. Dance of the Swans
     Act II 13-4
IV. Scène: Pas d'action
     Act II 13-5
V. Czardas Act III/20
VI. Scène: Act IV/28 and
     1st 26 bars of finale IV/29
VII.
VIII.                                            Mazurka

Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.6, 1st movement

B & H 4959. Bar 308. 5 before S, 2nd crotchet. Oboe 2 part misprint: D-flat should read D# as per full score and Oboe 1 part.

Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.6, 4th movement

Bar 39 [C]: Violin 1 and 2: 'lenezza': B & H score and parts. No such Italian word. Possible mis-spelling of 'lentezza'.

B & H 4959. Bar 75: Clarinet 1 part: articulation misprint. Delete tie over first two quavers. Correct in score.

Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto

Third Movement, bar 467: 'Cello part (Breitkopf und Härtel OB4957): chords misprinted on the beat; should play off-beat (as per other string parts). Correct in scores (B and H 4957 and Gosudarstvennoe Muzykal'noe Izdatel'stvo, Moscow & St. Petersburg, ed. Valentina Rackovskaya, pub.1949).