Bergamasque
I was playing today from the Wiener Urtext edition of Debussy's Suite Bergamasque (with the red cover, UT 50084, Ed. Stegemann/Béroff).
This edition has a horrifying amount of mistakes in it. It must have taken a lot of work to think up the mistakes. They are quite creative sometimes. Unless I was mad the day I bought it, the reason I own this edition is that it was the best one I could find...which leaves me wondering about the others.
I just thought I would flag it up for you - keep your eye out for missing clefs and all sorts! And also I am not crazy about Michel Béroff's fingerings - I'm sure they are his fingerings, but for an edition you have to consider more possibilities, as Godowsky always did. I could well be wrong. It is not for me to criticise other people's work, particularly when it was honestly done, as I believe this edition was. Yes, honestly, but honestly it could have been done better! The performance notes are OK.
This edition has a horrifying amount of mistakes in it. It must have taken a lot of work to think up the mistakes. They are quite creative sometimes. Unless I was mad the day I bought it, the reason I own this edition is that it was the best one I could find...which leaves me wondering about the others.
I just thought I would flag it up for you - keep your eye out for missing clefs and all sorts! And also I am not crazy about Michel Béroff's fingerings - I'm sure they are his fingerings, but for an edition you have to consider more possibilities, as Godowsky always did. I could well be wrong. It is not for me to criticise other people's work, particularly when it was honestly done, as I believe this edition was. Yes, honestly, but honestly it could have been done better! The performance notes are OK.
posted by Philip Howard at 11:40 PM
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