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Author Archives: Wolf-Dieter Seiffert
On a terribly wrong dynamic marking in the first movement of K. 499
In my last blog posting I reported on my current, … Continue reading
“It’s all so wonderful!” On the new edition of Mozart’s string quartets
A few weeks ago I began editorial work on a … Continue reading
A “new” Mozart work. On the c-minor “Fantasy” (K. 396/385f) in its original setting for violin and piano
In the year 1821 three distinguished personalities met in Weimar: … Continue reading
Listeners are also only human
Observations on the necessity of body language in piano playing … Continue reading
Posted in Alfred Brendel, Beethoven, Ludwig van, Hungarian Rhapsody (Liszt), Lang Lang, Liszt, Franz, Marc-André Hamelin, Monday Postings, piano solo, Piano Sonata op. 31 nr. 3 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 7 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 81a Les Adieux (Beethoven), Victor Borge
Tagged Beethoven, body language, Hungarian Rhapsody, interpretation, Liszt, piano, piano player, piano sonata
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A forgery? And if so, by whom? On the closing bars in Mozart’s Wind Quintet K. 452
The autograph of Mozart’s piano quintet for piano and four … Continue reading
Schubert deletes, Brahms restores. On the first of the three posthumous piano pieces (Impromptus) D 946 by Franz Schubert
Schubert did not live to see the publication of his … Continue reading
Commenting on a decisecond Bach – B or B flat in the B-flat major ‘Corrente’ BWV 825
A short time ago our attention was drawn to a … Continue reading
Piano Trio Question: Why really are pianists ‘allowed’ to play from the score, but not string players? And since when?
Notice: There’s a prize question at the end of this … Continue reading
Posted in Monday Postings, notation, piano trio
Tagged Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, parts, Piano Trio, score
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Will versus Caprice. On the the closing measures of Robert Schumann’s C-major Fantasy op. 17
What you can see here is the last page of … Continue reading