Category Archives: Composers

Where does the key/clef go? About a problematic passage in Schumann’s F-major string quartet

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Peter Jost

Fans of the humourist Wilhelm Busch will certainly be reminded … Continue reading →

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Without words, but with a foreword – what’s new on Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise”

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Dominik Rahmer

Looking at the topics of the by now more than … Continue reading →

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A “new” Mozart work. On the c-minor “Fantasy” (K. 396/385f) in its original setting for violin and piano

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

In the year 1821 three distinguished personalities met in Weimar: … Continue reading →

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Clarinet – Oboe – Horn. New chamber music by Carl Nielsen on the Henle agenda

Posted on May 26, 2014 by publisher

Carl Nielsen (1865–1931) is probably best known as a prominent … Continue reading →

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Best until… How long does an accidental last?

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Norbert Müllemann

Today’s musicians tend to react to the above question with … Continue reading →

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The accent question in Schubert: An old theme with new variations

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Peter Jost

Anyone working with Schubert’s autographs inevitably runs up sooner or … Continue reading →

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‘Servant of two masters’ – when the editor is caught between two composers

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Dominik Rahmer

The basic idea behind an Urtext edition is well known; … Continue reading →

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Listeners are also only human

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

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 , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The lord of the low tones – Tobias Glöckler in conversation about Dragonetti’s “Famous Solo”

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Annette Oppermann

The double bass entered the Henle publishers’ catalogue a few … Continue reading →

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Deluxe for the continuo group

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Norbert Müllemann

What music do continuo players play from? This question might … Continue reading →

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