Inside Webern's workshop: a glimpse of op.9 no.6 in the making

The Webern Collection of the Paul Sacher Stiftung in Basel holds a fair copy of an early version of the Drei Stücke für Streichquartett (1913), comprising the song ‘Schmerz, immer Blick nach über’ together with what later became numbers 1 and 6 of the Sechs Bagatellen op.9. This document is highly i...

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Published in:Tempo (London) 2002-10 (222), p.2-8
Main Author: Davies, Benjamin K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cellos
Col legno
Metrical structure
Music composition
Music festivals
Musical performance
Octaves
Pencils
Rehearsal
Sound pitch
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Summary:The Webern Collection of the Paul Sacher Stiftung in Basel holds a fair copy of an early version of the Drei Stücke für Streichquartett (1913), comprising the song ‘Schmerz, immer Blick nach über’ together with what later became numbers 1 and 6 of the Sechs Bagatellen op.9. This document is highly interesting on many counts: here I will mainly discuss one, the existence of a discarded ending to the third piece (later op.9 no.6). This passage is heavily blacked-out in mauve pencil in the manuscript, but the notes, dynamics and indications can be discerned with a strong light and magnifying glass.
ISSN:0040-2982
1478-2286
DOI:10.1017/S0040298200009190