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Category Archives: Instrumentation
Attention to small details: Elgar’s notation as expression
Preparing a new edition of a work that has been … Continue reading
Spring Cleaning – new setup guidelines at the Henle house
You ought to underline today’s date in the calendar in … Continue reading
Posted in G. Henle Publishers, Monday Postings, notation, Reger, Max, Violin
Tagged notation, parts, Reger
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Wagner, Liszt, and Isolde ‘slurred’– how well do composers proofread their own works?
The current Wagner year is also not going unnoticed at … Continue reading
‘Come sopra’ – clearly ambiguous!
The autograph of Beethoven’s piano sonata, Op. 90, is part … Continue reading
Gratis, but not for nothing – the download of the Lalo cello concerto
Whilst browsing through the Henle publishers’ catalogue you may occasionally … Continue reading
Brahms’s ‘Hungarian Dances’ – new finds in old sources
In 2011 the Brahms researcher Michael Struck made a striking … Continue reading
Posted in articulation, Brahms, Johannes, Hungarian Dances (Brahms), Monday Postings, notation, piano solo
Tagged Brahms, interpretation, notation, piano
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A manuscript conundrum – the autograph of Gabriel Fauré’s violin sonata, Op. 13
Autograph manuscripts of musical works have an aura all their … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Fauré, Gabriel, Monday Postings, piano + violin, Urtext, Violin Sonata op. 13 (Fauré)
Tagged autograph, Fauré, Violin Sonata
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Piano Trio Question: Why really are pianists ‘allowed’ to play from the score, but not string players? And since when?
Notice: There’s a prize question at the end of this … Continue reading
Posted in Monday Postings, notation, piano trio
Tagged Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, parts, Piano Trio, score
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Too much access! – Isaac Albéniz revises his Iberia cycle
Editors of sheet music are not alone in suffering from … Continue reading
Posted in Albéniz, Isaac, autograph, first edition, Iberia (Albéniz), Monday Postings, piano solo, reprint, revision
Tagged Albéniz, first edition, Iberia, reprint, revision
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Scriabin plays Scriabin – Is the finale of the 3rd piano sonata too difficult?
Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915) was not only one of the outstanding … Continue reading