Author Archives: Dominik Rahmer

Scott Joplin, the “King of Ragtime Writers,” now in Henle Urtext. Interview with Joshua Rifkin

Posted on October 12, 2026 by Dominik Rahmer

Scott Joplin’s rags and other piano pieces belong among the … Continue reading →

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An anniversary tribute 200 years after his death: Carl Maria von Weber’s Bassoon Concerto, op. 75, now available in Henle Urtext

Posted on June 8, 2026 by Dominik Rahmer

Just a few days ago we marked the 200th anniversary … Continue reading →

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Arcis meets Alexander – Glazunov’s saxophone quartet finally in a reliable Urtext edition

Posted on November 10, 2025 by Dominik Rahmer

Some time ago, a young Munich ensemble surprised us with … Continue reading →

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“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 →

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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 →

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‘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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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“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 →

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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 →

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