Category Archives: Composers

‘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 →

Posted in arrangement, Bach, Johann Sebastian, Busoni, Ferruccio, Isoldens Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde" (Wagner/Liszt), Liszt, Franz, Monday Postings, Partita BWV 1004 (J.S. Bach), piano solo, transcription, Urtext | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von, double bass, Double Bass Concerto (Dittersdorf), Double Bass Concerto (Hoffmeister), Dragonetti, Domenico, Famous Solo (Dragonetti), Hoffmeister, Franz Anton, Monday Postings, Tobias Glöckler, Urtext | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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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D or C♯? What does Ravel want the violinist to play in “Tzigane”?

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Peter Jost

Maurice Ravel’s concert rhapsody “Tzigane” is known to exist in … Continue reading →

Posted in autograph, Chantal Juillet, Monday Postings, Pascal Rogé, piano + violin, Ravel, Maurice, variant reading | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

A wrong ‘D’ goes out into the world – Rachmaninoff’s Prélude in c sharp minor under the magnifying glass

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Dominik Rahmer

The last blog posting on 6 January has already let … Continue reading →

Posted in autograph, first edition, Monday Postings, piano solo, Prélude in c sharp minor (Rachmaninoff), Rachmaninoff, Sergei, variant reading | Tagged , , , | 14 Comments

Corelli, La Folia and Rachmaninoff’s Variations, Op. 42

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Norbert Gertsch

In May and June 1931 Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his famous … Continue reading →

Posted in Corelli Variations op. 42 (Rachmaninoff), Corelli, Arcangelo, Monday Postings, piano solo, Rachmaninoff, Sergei, Vladimir Ashkenazy | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Christmas Blog

Posted on December 23, 2013 by publisher

Dear Reader, we most warmly thank you today for your … Continue reading →

Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian, chorus + orchestra, General, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Why facsimiles, actually?

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Annette Oppermann

The blue Urtext editions certainly amount to the lion’s share … Continue reading →

Posted in autograph, facsimile, G. Henle Publishers, Monday Postings, notation, Schubert, Franz, Violin Sonata op. 137 (Schubert) | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

HN 555 – A printing error in CPE Bach’s sonata for solo flute?

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Norbert Müllemann

These days our latest Urtext product comes from the prin­ter, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, first edition, flute solo, Flute Sonata Wq 132 (C.P.E. Bach), Monday Postings, ornamentation | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment