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Category Archives: Composers
A Milestone in Music History: Schoenberg’s 2nd String Quartet op. 10
Arnold Schoenberg, in his letter thanking well-wishers on his 75th … Continue reading
An ambiguous passage in Brahms’s Vier ernste Gesänge op. 121
A guest contribution by Johannes Behr from the Johannes Brahms … Continue reading
Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915) on his 150th birthday, part I
I admit that while typing the heading of this blog … Continue reading
Posted in Monday Postings, Scriabin, Alexander
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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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A concerto for a “trombone god” – finally, Ferdinand David’s Concertino op. 4 in Henle Urtext
The trombone is an instrument with a venerable though also … Continue reading
Posted in David, Ferdinand, Monday Postings, trombone + orchestra
Tagged Concertino op. 4, trombone
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Schumann’s metronome markings in his “Kinderszenen”. Opportunity, not nuisance.
“You cannot define tempo. Tempo has no existence of its … Continue reading
Posted in Monday Postings, piano solo, Schumann, Robert, tempo
Tagged Kinderszenen op. 15
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An Urtext edition of Elgar’s Violin Chansons: What does an editor do when there is nothing to edit?
The question posed in the title of my blog post … Continue reading
Posted in dynamics, Elgar, Edward, first edition, Monday Postings, piano + violin
Tagged Chanson de matin, Chanson de nuit
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Refinement or oversight? On two passages in Fauré’s 1st Piano Quartet op. 15
Fauré is known for his refined tonal language, with the … Continue reading
Posted in Fauré, Gabriel, Monday Postings, piano quartet, Urtext
Tagged Piano Quartet op. 15
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Excess and empty space: Text variants in Dvořák’s Cello Concerto op. 104
Antonín Dvořák’s Cello Concerto op. 104 may be a special … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, copy, Dvořák, Antonín, genesis, Monday Postings
Tagged Cello Concerto op. 104
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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