Category Archives: Composers

“The Hammerklavier Sonata opened the door for me” – Interview with Ian Fountain on Beethoven’s piano music

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Peter Jost

Today we’d like to continue our series of musicians’ views … Continue reading →

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Part 3: Beethoven from the artist’s perspective

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Starting from Beethoven Feature Films (1), then going to Beethoven … Continue reading →

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Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier” sonata – The stony path to a reliable music text

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Norbert Gertsch

Almost exactly 20 years ago – as I had just … Continue reading →

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“Beethoven Complete” – part 2: from the Old to the New Complete Edition

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Peter Jost

A few weeks ago my colleague Annette Oppermann reported on … Continue reading →

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Beethoven and the viola

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Norbert Gertsch

Piano concertos and sonatas, violin concerto and sonatas, cello sonatas … Continue reading →

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Beethoven in film Part 2: Beethoven docus

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Many of the Beethoven feature films (1) accounted for in … Continue reading →

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Beethoven’s “Diabelli” variations in a new guise

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Norbert Müllemann

Beethoven and the variation – yes, I admit it: That’s … Continue reading →

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“Beethoven Complete” yesterday and today – from the beginnings of the Beethoven complete edition(s) in the 19th century

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Annette Oppermann

Only what we have as whole, do we truly have … Continue reading →

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Beethoven in film. A complete overview in three parts

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

I can still very clearly remember how upset and outraged … Continue reading →

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Beethoven celebrates Carnival – we celebrate, too!

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Dominik Rahmer

When a blog post about the ‘Bonn youth’ Beethoven falls … Continue reading →

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