Category Archives: Composers

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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Michael Korstick Interview: Beethoven as the fixed star of my musical universe

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Norbert Müllemann

From time to time during the Beethoven year the team … Continue reading →

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Beethoven meets Mozart. The genesis of Beethoven’s Mozart Variations WoO 40 according to Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s memoirs (first published)

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

The anecdote related here is, to be sure, purely fictitious, … Continue reading →

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«Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose» – a short foray into Beethoven’s sets of variations

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Dominik Rahmer

The “variations” form type plays an important role in Beethoven’s … Continue reading →

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Beethoven performing Beethoven? The composer writing his own cadenzas

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Norbert Müllemann

Beethoven performing Beethoven – I expect that you’re like me: … Continue reading →

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Beethoven anniversary in the Henle blog

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Norbert Gertsch

As we were celebrating our 200th blog post two weeks … Continue reading →

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At long last: Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is now also in a handy format

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Annette Oppermann

The great Hungarian composer Béla Bartók has finally entered the … Continue reading →

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Quality: especially valuable – the galley proofs in Fauré’s 1st Cello Sonata op. 109

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Peter Jost

There is always a risk in producing an engraved plate … Continue reading →

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Dont worry, be happy – the first critical Urtext edition of etudes by Jakob Dont

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Dominik Rahmer

Every violinist is most likely acquainted with them from violin … Continue reading →

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