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A fresh look at Bach’s piano partitas
Many readers (and pianists!) will already have noticed that we … Continue reading
Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian, Monday Postings, piano solo, revision, Six Partitas BWV 825-830 (J.S. Bach)
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Camille Saint-Saëns – a portrait for the 100th anniversary of his death
Whereas in 2020 the music world’s focus was on Beethoven’s … Continue reading
Beethoven in the “home office” – Composing in the “truly admirable confusion”
Beethoven Year 2020 is coming to an end, and there … Continue reading
Beethoven love letters? A contribution to perhaps his oeuvre’s smallest work group
In Beethoven’s just as extensive as impressive chamber music oeuvre, … Continue reading
Abandoned, alas! – Beethoven’s unfinished works
In the run-up to the Beethoven anniversary year, I kept … Continue reading
Posted in Beethoven, Ludwig van, Monday Postings, sketches
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Beethoven’s change of dedication – a small search for motives
Last week I had the great pleasure of making the … Continue reading
Posted in Beethoven, Ludwig van, dedication, Kreutzer, Rodolphe, Monday Postings
Tagged Beethoven, Bridgetower, Kreutzer-Sonate
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Beethoven – creator of concert overtures?
Beethoven as the great innovator of forms and genres generated … Continue reading
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Beethoven’s easy piano sonatas. BEETHOVEN’S EASY PIANO SONATAS???
The title for today’s blog post was so easy to … Continue reading
Posted in arrangement, Beethoven, Ludwig van, Monday Postings, piano solo
Tagged Beethoven, Piano Sonatas
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On the way to the Romantic orchestra – the trombone in Beethoven’s symphonies
Last May my colleague Norbert Gertsch dealt with Beethoven’s relationship … Continue reading
More than “Ode to Joy” – the whole range of Beethoven’s vocal work
Although the melody of the 9th Symphony’s choral movement, “Freude … Continue reading