Author Archives: Dominik Rahmer

“It ended up being quite substantial” – on Sergei Prokofiev’s 2nd violin sonata op. 94a

Posted on February 17, 2025 by Dominik Rahmer

Last year the Henle catalogue very much welcomed the addition … Continue reading →

Posted in Augustin Hadelich, autograph, Charles Owen, David Oistrakh, first edition, Monday Postings, piano + flute, piano + violin, Prokofiev, Sergei, versions | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 3rd piano concerto – extraordinary works involve extraordinary solutions

Posted on May 13, 2024 by Dominik Rahmer

Probably no other work in recent years has brought us … Continue reading →

Posted in App, autograph, Fingering, first edition, Henle Library, Monday Postings, piano + orchestra, Rachmaninoff, Sergei | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

‘Free, but lonely’ – an extraordinary sonata and its new edition

Posted on November 13, 2023 by Dominik Rahmer

Our new Urtext edition HN 1572 introduced in today’s blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Brahms, Johannes, dedication, Dietrich, Albert, genesis, Joachim, Joseph, Monday Postings, piano + violin, Schumann, Robert | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

No end to Rachmaninoff in sight: several annotations to opp. 3 and 16

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Dominik Rahmer

Perhaps – despite the anniversary year – I’m rather overdoing … Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Postings, piano + orchestra, piano solo, Rachmaninoff, Sergei, variant reading | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Happy birthday, Sergei! A fresh look at Rachmaninoff’s Préludes for his 150th birthday

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Dominik Rahmer

In the Henle blog we have already published several posts … Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Postings, piano solo, Rachmaninoff, Sergei, variant reading | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

“An expression of his deeply shaken soul” – Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s String Quartet in F minor on the 175th anniversary of his death

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Dominik Rahmer

Our Henle blog this year has largely dealt with two … Continue reading →

Posted in autograph, first edition, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix, Monday Postings, proof copy, revision, string quartet, variant reading | Tagged , | Leave a comment

From the First to the Second Vienna School: 20th-century string quartets in the Henle catalogue

Posted on July 19, 2022 by Dominik Rahmer

Henle is dedicating 2022 to a specific genre: under the … Continue reading →

Posted in Berg, Alban, Gershwin, George, Monday Postings, Schoenberg, Arnold, string quartet, Zemlinsky, Alexander | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

A concerto for a “trombone god” – finally, Ferdinand David’s Concertino op. 4 in Henle Urtext

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Dominik Rahmer

The trombone is an instrument with a venerable though also … Continue reading →

Posted in David, Ferdinand, Monday Postings, trombone + orchestra | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Dvořák’s “Gran Partita”? On the presumed model of his Wind Serenade in d minor op. 44

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Dominik Rahmer

In my last blog post I already reported on our … Continue reading →

Posted in Brahms, Johannes, Dvořák, Antonín, genesis, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, Wind Serenade op. 44 (Dvořák), winds | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

“…probably the best of Dvořák that I’m acquainted with.” What’s worth knowing about the Wind Serenade in d minor op. 44

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Dominik Rahmer

Even though recently the focus of attention owing to their … Continue reading →

Posted in autograph, Dvořák, Antonín, first edition, Instrumentation, Monday Postings, Wind Serenade op. 44 (Dvořák) | Tagged , , | 2 Comments