Category Archives: Instrumentation

How the (cradle) song ends: what is the final tone of Fauré’s Berceuse?

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Dominik Rahmer

Gabriel Fauré’s Berceuse op. 16, a captivating miniature for violin … Continue reading →

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So, how much bass do you want? Beethoven’s Sextet Op. 81b

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Annette Oppermann

Wouldn’t you wonder, too, if you saw a sextet on … Continue reading →

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“La dernière pensée musicale de Chopin” – a Sham?

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Norbert Müllemann

Mystery swirls around Chopin’s Mazurka in f minor, op. post. … Continue reading →

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Sometimes you have to dig deeper! Or: What the violist should really play in Hoffmeister’s concerto.

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Norbert Gertsch

Most violists groan whenever the names Hoffmeister and Stamitz are … Continue reading →

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Missing bass octave in Debussy’s Prélude “Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest”?

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Peter Jost

Whether the Pope is infallible is anybody’s guess, but composers … Continue reading →

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Alta Viola – Twice is better

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Dominik Rahmer

Descriptions of musical instruments in older musical prints and manuscripts … Continue reading →

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How does Chopin’s Second Ballade end?

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Norbert Müllemann

Many pianists are familiar with the problem that there are … Continue reading →

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Beethoven, Für Elise WoO 59 – Do you strike the right note?

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Annette Oppermann

d or e – that is the question … when … Continue reading →

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