Category Archives: Instrumentation

Tristan at Troldhaugen – interesting finds in Grieg’s “Lyric Pieces”

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Dominik Rahmer

Among the most popular and successful of Edvard Grieg’s compositions … Continue reading →

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The music world will sit up and take notice! On the new Urtext edition of Mozart’s Piano Sonata in A Major KV 331

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

You presumably know Mozart’s A-major Piano Sonata KV 331 (with … Continue reading →

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Is it OK to add them? – The “missing” low notes in Beethoven’s piano sonatas

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Norbert Gertsch

Here’s a topic that pianists have been discussing since the … Continue reading →

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About the difficulties of notating ornamentation – The riddle of a neighbouring trill tone in Chopin’s Berceuse

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Norbert Müllemann

The topic “ornamentation” in music is truly endless. We have … Continue reading →

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An amusing story and a serious problem – On Mendelssohn’s first concert piece for clarinet, basset horn and piano

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Peter Jost

For composers, commissions or dedications of works could pay off, … Continue reading →

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On a terribly wrong dynamic marking in the first movement of K. 499

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

In my last blog posting I reported on my current, … Continue reading →

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The melancholy horn – a short excursion into the monumental realm of Russian music

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Dominik Rahmer

The repertoire of the G. Henle publishing house is traditionally … Continue reading →

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Better late than never: Leoš Janáček at Henle publishers

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Annette Oppermann

It is always a special moment whenever a new name … Continue reading →

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Sensational new source: a previously unknown Carnivalssong by Beethoven!

Posted on February 12, 2015 by publisher

The new series PianoPlus is an ideal entry and re-access … Continue reading →

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Beethoven’s “Unfinished” (compositions)

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Norbert Gertsch

Ludwig van Beethoven is one of those composers among the … Continue reading →

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