Quintet No. 3 Op. 23

As with many of Baermann's chamber works, this composition was long believed to be lost. However, through an unusual turn of events, the Adagio movement survived independently and was, for many years, erroneously attributed to Richard Wagner. While no known manuscript copy exists, a single set of performing partslacking a full scorefrom the original Breitkopf & Hartel edition is preserved in the Stadt- und Universitatsbibliothek in Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt University Library) under the catalogue number Mus. pr. Q 55/13. These parts have also been digitized and are accessible via IMSLP through the Sibley Mirroring Project. This edition is a piano reduction of the restored score, based on these surviving parts. It includes a newly engraved version of the solo and piano reduction score. Numerous inconsistencies in dynamics and articulation have been addressed, particularly in the first and third movements. The Adagio has been revised to align with the rhythms and dynamics found in the 1840 edition, with additional corrections informed by my own undergraduate performance annotations. The version misattributed to Wagner has been preserved as an ossia in the score, but this ossia is not included in the solo clarinet part. Although formally a quintet, this work functions primarily as a miniature concerto for solo clarinet with accompaniment.