Category Archives: Composers

How do fossils behave? On a passage in Saint-Saëns’ Carnaval des animaux

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Peter Jost

When a composer decides against publishing one of his works … Continue reading →

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The agony of choice – lieder by Richard Strauss

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Annette Oppermann

Incredible, but true: unannounced so far in this blog is … Continue reading →

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“…probably the best of Dvořák that I’m acquainted with.” What’s worth knowing about the Wind Serenade in d minor op. 44

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Dominik Rahmer

Even though recently the focus of attention owing to their … Continue reading →

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Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy and the challenges of an Urtext edition

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Norbert Gertsch

In the already more than 70 years since the founding … Continue reading →

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Attempt at re-dating Mozart’s three popular “Quartet-Divertimenti”, K. 136–138

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

In conjunction with my Urtextausgabe of the well-known and much-played … Continue reading →

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Bach’s harpsichord concertos and their autograph

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Norbert Müllemann

If you’re looking for a simple answer to the question … Continue reading →

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The Bartók Complete Edition and its offspring

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Annette Oppermann

Since one of the special features of the Henle Verlag … Continue reading →

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‘Finished in Vysoká at a nice little hour’– new finds in Dvořák’s A-major piano quintet op. 81

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Dominik Rahmer

The piano quintet is, so to speak, in the “super … Continue reading →

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“Bozen this pigsty”. Why there’s no “Bozen string quartet” by Mozart.

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

When for the third and last time at the end … Continue reading →

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A fresh look at Bach’s piano partitas

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Norbert Müllemann

Many readers (and pianists!) will already have noticed that we … Continue reading →

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