Author Archives: Norbert Müllemann

Confusion surrounding Chopin’s Scherzi – episodes 2 & 3

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Norbert Müllemann

In my blog post of 21 March 2016, I lamented … Continue reading →

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“A Little Spring Melody”– finally in Urtext!

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Norbert Müllemann

Many a reader will be thinking, I must be mistaken … Continue reading →

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Gidon Kremer on the occasion of his 70th birthday

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Norbert Müllemann

As early as September 2015 Dr Wolf-Dieter Seiffert, CEO of … Continue reading →

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Deluxe for the continuo group – Part II: Telemann

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Norbert Müllemann

It was nearly three years ago, on 17 February 2014, … Continue reading →

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Johann Jacob Froberger on his 400th birthday

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Norbert Müllemann

Many Urtext enthusiasts will already have noticed in 2014 that … Continue reading →

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Anton Webern: Now also “in blue”!

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Norbert Müllemann

We are always welcoming new composers to our Henle catalogue. … Continue reading →

Posted in autograph, G. Henle Publishers, Glenn Gould, Monday Postings, piano solo, Urtext, Variations op. 27 (Webern), Webern, Anton | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

“… more or less at the most extreme limit of what can be achieved on the piano”: Busoni arranges Bach

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Norbert Müllemann

The second edition naming the two composers, Bach · Busoni, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian, Busoni, Ferruccio, Chorale Preludes (Johann Sebastian Bach), Monday Postings, piano solo, transcription, variant reading, Vladimir Horowitz | Tagged | 2 Comments

Confusion about ties in Chopin’s Scherzo in b minor

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Norbert Müllemann

That Chopin variants can be exasperating to an editor – … Continue reading →

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What’s new with Liszt’s b-minor sonata

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Norbert Müllemann

  With barely concealed exasperation Clara Schumann writes on 25 … Continue reading →

Posted in accent, autograph, Claudio Arrau, copy, dynamics, facsimile, first edition, Liszt, Franz, Marc-André Hamelin, Monday Postings, new source, notation, piano solo, Piano Sonata b-minor (Liszt), revision, Urtext | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Who does the pedalling? On the use of the pedal in music for piano duets

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Norbert Müllemann

Nowadays we automatically associate music for piano duet with the … Continue reading →

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