Category Archives: Composers

What did the composer want? On a strange measure in Saint-Saëns’ Romance for Flute op. 37

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The other type of sources: Letters about Max Bruch’s “Kol Nidrei”

An Urtext edition – and not just only from Henle … Continue reading

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Schumann revisited – about an odd accidental in the Fantasiestücke, op. 73

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“Wolfgang Amadeus Stadler”, Allegro for piano trio

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Schubert on a Bach trip? A call for help regarding the Arpeggione theme

The Henle blogging community will, we hope, not be disappointed … Continue reading

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Is that still Urtext? On an often played variant in Sarasate’s “Carmen Fantasy”

To this day, the success of a new stage work … Continue reading

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Bordering on the modern – The Urtext edition of Schumann’s “Myrthen” op. 25

Considering that specifically for 19th-century works the first edition is … Continue reading

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Version alert! Or: Did Brahms ever revise his Horn Trio?

A few days ago a customer enquiry momentarily gave me … Continue reading

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Ten at a stroke – Scriabin’s piano sonatas in one volume

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An unaccountable (?) fermata notation in Mozart’s string quartet K. 428

That Mozart, when writing carefully, graphically distinguishes between the dot … Continue reading

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