Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition
The Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe (abbreviation WeGA) is an academic-critical edition of all works of the composer Carl Maria von Weber , which is published by Schott publishing house in Mainz .
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The edition, which is sponsored by the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz, aims to make all his compositions, letters, diaries and writings publicly available by the 200th anniversary of Weber's death in 2026. The edition will comprise around 50 volumes of music including critical reports, 10 volumes of letters, around 8 volumes of diaries, 2 volumes of writings, a catalog raisonné and several volumes of documents. All parts of the text - excluding the music texts - will initially be published as a digital edition.
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The edition is being created under the direction of Gerhard Allroggen at two workplaces: in the Berlin State Library and at the Musicological Seminar of the University of Paderborn at the Detmold Music Academy .