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Author Archives: Wolf-Dieter Seiffert
On Mozart’s ‘second naïveté’ (Alfred Einstein)
I can’t recall when I first read Alfred Einstein’s Mozart … Continue reading
“Gabriellas sång” by Brahms?
Whilst preparing for a lecture on the Johannes Brahms piano … Continue reading
An annoying mini-error in Mozart’s Violin Concerto K. 219
Recently, David Perry, a Canadian violinist, criticised what he considered … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, notation, revision, violin + orchestra
Tagged Mozart, revision, Violin Concerto
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An unknown Haydn quote by Brahms?
Here’s a situation familiar to music lovers: By chance you … Continue reading
Posted in Brahms, Johannes, Haydn, Joseph, Monday Postings
Tagged Brahms, Haydn, quote, string quartet
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“Latest news about Mozart’s piano sonata in A major, K. 331”
“All good things come in threes” – this phrase came … Continue reading
Posted in copy, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, new source, piano solo, Piano Sonata K. 331 (W.A. Mozart), Urtext
Tagged K. 331
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Schumann’s metronome markings in his “Kinderszenen”. Opportunity, not nuisance.
“You cannot define tempo. Tempo has no existence of its … Continue reading
Posted in Monday Postings, piano solo, Schumann, Robert, tempo
Tagged Kinderszenen op. 15
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G sharp or G? About a bass trill in Schubert’s A-flat-major Impromptu D 935, No. 2
Franz Schubert‘s piano music is almost an infinitely magical wonderland. … Continue reading
Posted in harmonics, piano solo, Schubert, Franz, variant reading
Tagged A-flat-major Impromptu D 935, trill
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Attempt at re-dating Mozart’s three popular “Quartet-Divertimenti”, K. 136–138
In conjunction with my Urtextausgabe of the well-known and much-played … Continue reading
“Bozen this pigsty”. Why there’s no “Bozen string quartet” by Mozart.
When for the third and last time at the end … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, string quartet
Tagged K. 155-160, Mozart
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Part 3: Beethoven from the artist’s perspective
Starting from Beethoven Feature Films (1), then going to Beethoven … Continue reading