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The elders’ errors tenaciously persist. On the violin solo entry in Mozart’s D-major Violin Concerto, K. 218
As Urtext editors, we could sometimes despair: we’re offering the … Continue reading
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Arnold Schönberg on his 150th birthday – the truth in the music (and in the edition)
For me, this Arnold Schönberg quotation expresses the composer’s attitude … Continue reading
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If we hadn’t had the chance… the rediscovery of a new Prokofiev source
Fans of so-called ‘true crime’ formats, reporting, that is, about … Continue reading
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Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 3rd piano concerto – extraordinary works involve extraordinary solutions
Probably no other work in recent years has brought us … Continue reading
On Mozart’s ‘second naïveté’ (Alfred Einstein)
I can’t recall when I first read Alfred Einstein’s Mozart … Continue reading
Schönberg’s “Verklärte Nacht” in a special kind of Urtext edition
Arnold Schönberg’s 150th birthday is duly being celebrated by Henle: … Continue reading
Elgar’s Serenade for Strings: spring sunshine garbed in Henle Urtext. Interview with Rupert Marshall-Luck
The start of 2024 is a special moment for the … Continue reading
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Waiting can be worthwhile – On Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major
At the outset the piano reduction of Ravel’s Piano Concerto … Continue reading
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‘Every year again’ as a new chance
Not annually like the Christ Child, but every few years … Continue reading
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‘Free, but lonely’ – an extraordinary sonata and its new edition
Our new Urtext edition HN 1572 introduced in today’s blog … Continue reading