Category Archives: Composers

Beethoven meets Mozart. The genesis of Beethoven’s Mozart Variations WoO 40 according to Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s memoirs (first published)

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

The anecdote related here is, to be sure, purely fictitious, … Continue reading →

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«Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose» – a short foray into Beethoven’s sets of variations

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Dominik Rahmer

The “variations” form type plays an important role in Beethoven’s … Continue reading →

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Beethoven performing Beethoven? The composer writing his own cadenzas

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Norbert Müllemann

Beethoven performing Beethoven – I expect that you’re like me: … Continue reading →

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Beethoven anniversary in the Henle blog

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Norbert Gertsch

As we were celebrating our 200th blog post two weeks … Continue reading →

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At long last: Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is now also in a handy format

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Annette Oppermann

The great Hungarian composer Béla Bartók has finally entered the … Continue reading →

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Quality: especially valuable – the galley proofs in Fauré’s 1st Cello Sonata op. 109

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Peter Jost

There is always a risk in producing an engraved plate … Continue reading →

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Dont worry, be happy – the first critical Urtext edition of etudes by Jakob Dont

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Dominik Rahmer

Every violinist is most likely acquainted with them from violin … Continue reading →

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An insightful correction in Mozart’s autograph of the String Quartet in C major K. 170

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

In a few weeks a long-cherished dream of mine will … Continue reading →

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Froberger – retrospectively and prospectively

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Norbert Müllemann

How time flies! – this hardly original realisation came to … Continue reading →

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What did the composer want? On a strange measure in Saint-Saëns’ Romance for Flute op. 37

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Peter Jost

Anyone who compares the edition currently on the market of … Continue reading →

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