Parthia in B for 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Horns and Fagot

The edition is based on a very neat autograph, set in score, of the Court Library Wallerstein, today kept in the University Library Augsburg with the signature HR III 4 1/2 4°493.

Reicha wrote himself the date of composition on the sheet, 1782. Since the autograph only tells B major, the question remains whether the horns were set in B alto or B basso. Both versions are possible. Assuming B alto results in two very high horn parts. Reicha had also composed this way for instance in his concerto for two horns op.5. Assuming B basso results in an easier playing and a better harmony with the fagot part. The editor tends toward the second possibility.

In order to perform this work, one should discuss both versions.