Franz Schubert (1797–1828): New Edition of the Complete Works (Franz Schubert (1797–1828): Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke), commonly known as the New Schubert Edition (NSE), or, in ‹See Tfd›German: Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (NSA), is a complete edition of Franz Schubert's works, which started in 1956 and is scheduled to conclude in 2027.[1][2][3] The projected number of volumes of the publication, which includes score editions, critical reports and supplements, is 177, of which, as of 2020[update], 150 have been realised.[1][4][5][6]
The International Schubert Society, initiated in 1963 for this purpose, is the driving force behind the edition.[4][5][7] Its score and supplement volumes are published by Bärenreiter.[1][4][5] The NSE is a successor to Franz Schubert's Werke: Kritisch durchgesehene Gesammtausgabe: this old collected edition (in German: Alte Gesamt-Ausgabe, AGA), was published by Breitkopf & Härtel in the late 19th century, and the successor is sometimes referred to as new collected edition, in German: Neue Gesamt-Ausgabe (NGA).[7][8][9]
History
Eusebius Mandyczewski's critical report of the last volume of the Alte Gesamt-Ausgabe was published in 1897, a century after Schubert's birth. The old collected edition has a limited critical apparatus, and soon after its completion previously unknown works by Schubert were discovered. From the 1950s ideas about a new and updated collected edition of Schubert's works began to emerge. The International Schubert Society was founded in 1963, 135 years after the composer's death, with the sole purpose of supporting such endeavour. Walter Gerstenberg was appointed as head of the NSE's editorial board.[7][10]
Otto Erich Deutsch, who had published the Schubert Thematic Catalogue, that is the Deutsch Catalogue, in 1951, became honorary president of the editorial board.[7][11] In 1964, Bärenreiter published a new German version of Deutsch's Schubert: Die Dokumente seines Lebens (Schubert: A Documentary Biography) as one of the Supplement volumes of the NSE.[7][12][13][14][15] In 1965, the editorial board became fully operational, with members such as Walther Dürr, Arnold Feil and Christa Landon [de].[7] Offices for the edition were set up in Tübingen and Vienna.[7][16][17] The first score volume was published in 1967.[4][5][7][18]
The New Schubert Edition was planned with 83 main volumes (numerische Bände, lit.'numerical volumes') in eight series: the first seven series containing 73 volumes with music scores (Notenbände), each complemented with a critical report (Kritischer Bericht, KB), and the last series containing ten supplementing volumes (Supplementbände).[1][4][6][22] The realized number of volumes (reale Bände, lit.'real volumes') exceeds the number of initially planned volumes: some volumes were split in sub-volumes (Teilbände, lit.'partial volumes'), and some supplemental volumes were added to series I–VII.[1][4][6][22]
Bärenreiter-Verlag publishes the scores and supplements, and the critical reports are published by the International Schubert Society.[4] Counted in reale Bände, 76 of the projected 101 score and supplement volumes had materialised by the end of 2010, as had 47 of the critical reports.[4] By late March 2015, the number of completed main volumes was 65 (out of 83), and the NSE project was scheduled to finish in 2027.[23] By the end of 2015, 84 main volumes were planned (of which 68 were complete), and 84 score and supplement volumes, together with 61 critical reports, were published.[5]
Series I: Church Music
Series I: Church Music (Kirchenmusik), 9 volumes:[6][24]
Masses No. 3 in B-flat major, D 324, and No. 4 in C major, D 452, edited by Rossana Dalmonte and Pier Paolo Scattolin (1982).[29][30] Critical Report by Kube based on Dalmonte's and Scattolin's preparations (2010).[31]
Mass No. 5 in A-flat major, D 678, edited by Doris Finke-Hecklinger [scores] (1980: two volumes).[32][33] Critical Report by Dürr and Finke-Hecklinger (1981).[34]
Mass settings: separate movements and fragments, D 31, 45, 49, 56, 66, 24E, 453 and 755, edited by Manuela Jahrmärker and Volkmar von Pechstaedt (1998).[36][37] Critical Report by Jahrmärker and Pechstaedt (1999).[38]
Deutsche Messe, D 872, and German Requiem, D 621, edited by Kube (2001).[39][40] Critical Report by Kube (2002).[41]
Fierabras, D 796, edited by Thomas A. Denny and Chr. Martin (three volumes: 2005, 2007 and 2009).[67][68] Critical Report by Chr. Martin based on Denny's and Dürr's preparations (2011).[69]
Partsongs for Voices of the Same Register without Accompaniment: "Gesang der Geister über den Wassern" (D 538), etc, edited by Berke (1974, reprint 2013).[101][102] Critical Report by Berke and Dürr (2017).[103]
Series IV: Lieder
Series IV: 14 volumes of Lieder, all score editions and critical reports by Dürr, and a supplement volume:[6][104][105]
"Der Taucher" (D 77) and other Lieder in the D 5 to D 78 range which were first published after Op. 108 (1969, revised edition 2014).[121][122] Critical Report (1972).[123]
"Scene from Faust" (D 126), "Der Mondabend" (D 141) and other Lieder in the D 95 to D 159 range which were first published after Op. 108 (1968, revised edition 2013).[124][125] Critical Report (1977).[126]
"Amphiaraos" (D 166), "Die Bürgschaft" (D 246) and other Lieder in the D 163 to D 261 range which were first published after Op. 108 (2009).[127][128] Critical Report (2013).[129]
Lieder in the D 342 to D 474 range which were first published after Op. 108 (2002).[133][134] Critical Report (2009).[135]
Lieder in the D 475 to D 594 range which were first published after Op. 108 (1999).[136][137] Critical Report (2005).[138]
"Prometheus" (D 674) and other Lieder in the D 611 to D 708 range which were first published after Op. 108 (1996).[139][140] Critical Report (2004).[141]
Lieder in the D 712 to D 864 range which were first published after Op. 108 (1992).[142][143] Critical Report (2006).[144]
Register, by Dürr and Susanne Eckstein (2015).[148][149]
Series V: Orchestral Works
Series V: Orchestral Works (Orchesterwerke), 7 volumes:[6][150]
Symphonies No. 1 (D 82), No. 2 (D 125) and No. 3 (D 200), edited by Feil and Landon (1967, and supplement 1977).[151][152] Critical Report by Feil and Landon (1976).[153]
Symphonies No. 4 (D 417), No. 5 (D 485) and No. 6 (D 589), edited by Feil and Douglas Woodfull-Harris (1999).[154][155] Critical Report by Aschauer and Swenja Schekulin based on Feil's and Woodfull-Harris's preparations (2012).[156]
Unfinished Symphony, D 759, edited by Aderhold (1997).[157][158] Critical Report by Aderhold (2008).[159]
Great C Major Symphony, D 944, edited by Aderhold (2003: two volumes).[160][161] Critical Report by Aderhold (2007).[162]
Overtures D 4 (Der Teufel als Hydraulicus), 12, 26 (two versions), 470, 556, 590 (in the Italian Style, restored version), 591 (in the Italian Style, two original versions) and 648, edited by Kube (2020).[163]
Dances for several instruments: D 2D, 2F, 86, 89, 354, 355, 370, 374, 378, etc, edited by Finke-Hecklinger and Aderhold (1991).[194][195] Critical Report by Aderhold (2012).[196]
Series VII: Piano Music
Series VII: Piano Music (Klaviermusik), 5 + 7 volumes:[6][197]
Works for Piano Four Hands:
Sonata, D 617, etc, edited by Litschauer (2007).[198][199] Critical Report by Litschauer (2012).[200]
Sonata, D 812, etc, edited by Landon (1978).[201][202] Critical Report by Landon (1978).[203]
Fantasia, D 940, etc, edited by Litschauer and Aderhold (2011).[204][205] Critical Report by Litschauer and Aderhold (2012).[206]
Marches and dances, including Trois Marches Militaires (D 733), edited by Landon (1972).[207][208] Critical Report by Landon (1975).[209]
German updated version of the Deutsch Catalogue, edited by Aderhold (1978).[237][238]
Schubert: Die Dokumente seines Lebens, edited by O. E. Deutsch (1964).[15][239]
Schubert und seine Welt in zeitgenössischen Bildern.[6]
Franz Schuberts Autographe.[6]
Franz Schuberts Werke in Abschriften: Liederalben und Sammlungen, edited by Dürr (1975).[240][241]
Franz Schuberts Werke in Erst- und Frühdrucken, edited by Michael Raab (2015: two volumes).[242][243]
Register.[6]
Reception
Graham Johnson, having become acquainted with the New Schubert Edition from around 1975, describes the way Dürr presented the Lieder in the fourth series as "rethinking Schubert".[244] The Schubertiade Hohenems [de] of 2015 was a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the start of the NSE.[10] The event, held from the first to the third of May, attracted some press attention for the NSE.[23][245][246][247] On the occasion, the Deutsche Schubert-Gesellschaft congratulated the NSE and the International Schubert Society.[248] In 2020, Thomas Seedorf wrote an article about the NSE in the yearbook of the Gesellschaft für Musikgeschichte in Baden-Württemberg [de].[8]
References
^ a b c d e fFranz Schubert (1797–1828): New Edition of the Complete Works at Bärenreiter website.
^Franz Schubert (1797–1828): Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke at Bärenreiter website.
^50 Jahre "Neue Schubert-Ausgabe" at AdW Mainz website. 5 May 2015.
^ a b c d e f g hBuschmeier 2011, p. 35.
^ a b c d eBuschmeier 2016, p. 36.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o pStatus of Edition at Neue Schubert-Ausgabe website.
^https://schubert-ausgabe.de/en/publications/status-of-edition/?kbdetail=8 I/6: "Deutsche Messe" / Deutsche Trauermesse – Kritischer Bericht] at Neue Schubert-Ausgabe website.
^I/7: Stabat mater ("Jesus Christus schwebt am Kreuze") at Neue Schubert-Ausgabe website.
^III/2: Mehrstimmige Gesänge für gemischte Stimmen – Kritischer Bericht at Neue Schubert-Ausgabe website.
^III/3a: Mehrstimmige Gesänge für gleiche Stimmen mit Klavierbegleitung and III/3b: Mehrstimmige Gesänge für gleiche Stimmen mit Klavierbegleitung at Neue Schubert-Ausgabe website.
^VIII/9a: Franz Schuberts Werke in Erst- und Frühdrucken – Schubert-Drucke-Verzeichnis and VIII/9b: Franz Schuberts Werke in Erst- und Frühdrucken – Schubert-Drucke-Verzeichnis at Neue Schubert-Ausgabe website.
Johnson, Graham (2016). "23. 'Die Wegweiser'—Signposts on an Accompanist's Journey to Scholarship: Homage to Walther Dürr". In Byrne Bodley, Lorraine; Horton, Julian (eds.). Rethinking Schubert. Oxford University Press. pp. 485–495. ISBN 9780190200107.
Further reading
Walther Dürr, Michael Kube, and Michael Raab (2015). "Vom Erlafsee zur Gesamtausgabe: Die Ausgaben der Werke Franz Schuberts" in Musikeditionen im Wandel der Geschichte edited by Reinmar Emans [scores] and Ulrich Krämer. doi:10.1515/9783110434354-018