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Category Archives: Composers
“Rock” or “stone”? Schumann’s text changes in “Liederkreis” op. 39 on poems by Joseph von Eichendorff
You know the Lorelei? You know that from the high … Continue reading
‘Fontana’s version’ – genuine Chopin?
A glance at the table of contents in our Urtext … Continue reading
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Tagged Chopin, Fontana, versions
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Hit and miss? – A purportedly wrong note in Beethoven’s Sonata op. 14 no. 2
For almost ten years now I’ve been working with Murray … Continue reading
Going down, coming up or on the up and up? – stumbling block in Erik Satie’s ‘2ème Gymnopédie’
At first sight Urtext editions of Satie’s piano music do … Continue reading
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Tagged correction, Gymnopédie, Satie
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Getting the accents right. On the Rondo theme in Schubert’s “Arpeggione” Sonata (3rd movement)
Tabea Zimmermann, the fabulous violist, writes:
Posted in accent, Arpeggione Sonata (Schubert), Monday Postings, notation, piano + viola, Schubert, Franz
Tagged accent, Arpeggione, Schubert, syncopated
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Debussy: to finger or not to finger…? Why we are adding fingering in the “Études”
In summer 1915 in the solitude of Pourville, the small … Continue reading
Posted in Debussy, Claude, Douze Études (Debussy), Monday Postings, piano solo, Urtext
Tagged Chopin, Couperin, Debussy, Études, fingering, piano, Rameau
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How to drive the devil out of a waltz or: Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz for everybody?
It’s still ringing in your ears, this warhorse for orchestra … Continue reading
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Tagged arrangements, Liszt, Mephisto Waltz, Meyendorff, versions
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On the lookout for the lost measure: Bach’s C-major Prelude from the Well-Tempered Clavier I
Those in the know among our readers will be aware … Continue reading
The “Creation” starting from scratch: Joseph Haydn’s sketches in the Complete Edition
It is probably well enough known that in the G. … Continue reading
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Tagged Complete Edition, Creation, facsimile, genesis, Haydn, sketch
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Curiosity pays off. The genesis of Maurice Ravel’s piano ‘Sonatine’
In 2011 when I began preparing a new edition of … Continue reading
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Tagged Calvocoressi, competition, genesis, Ravel, Sonatina
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