Author Archives: Annette Oppermann

How much verbal text can music tolerate?

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Annette Oppermann

A serious scholarly book publication can be recognized by the … Continue reading →

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What’s the shelf life of Urtext? Revising at Henle publishers

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Annette Oppermann

When you look carefully at our recent publications you’ll also … Continue reading →

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“Rock” or “stone”? Schumann’s text changes in “Liederkreis” op. 39 on poems by Joseph von Eichendorff

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Annette Oppermann

You know the Lorelei? You know that from the high … Continue reading →

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The “Creation” starting from scratch: Joseph Haydn’s sketches in the Complete Edition

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Annette Oppermann

It is probably well enough known that in the G. … Continue reading →

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So, how much bass do you want? Beethoven’s Sextet Op. 81b

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Annette Oppermann

Wouldn’t you wonder, too, if you saw a sextet on … Continue reading →

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Beethoven, Für Elise WoO 59 – Do you strike the right note?

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Annette Oppermann

d or e – that is the question … when … Continue reading →

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