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Category Archives: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
On Mozart’s ‘second naïveté’ (Alfred Einstein)
I can’t recall when I first read Alfred Einstein’s Mozart … 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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“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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Dvořák’s “Gran Partita”? On the presumed model of his Wind Serenade in d minor op. 44
In my last blog post I already reported on our … Continue reading
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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Beethoven meets Mozart. The genesis of Beethoven’s Mozart Variations WoO 40 according to Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s memoirs (first published)
The anecdote related here is, to be sure, purely fictitious, … Continue reading
An insightful correction in Mozart’s autograph of the String Quartet in C major K. 170
In a few weeks a long-cherished dream of mine will … Continue reading
“Wolfgang Amadeus Stadler”, Allegro for piano trio
It is extremely rare for us to be able … Continue reading
Posted in Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, Robert D. Levin
Tagged Mozart, Trio sonata
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An unaccountable (?) fermata notation in Mozart’s string quartet K. 428
That Mozart, when writing carefully, graphically distinguishes between the dot … Continue reading
Posted in accent, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, string quartet
Tagged KV 428, Mozart
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