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Category Archives: Instrumentation
If that’s not reason enough to celebrate: 300 years of WTC I!
2022 seems to be particularly rich in musical anniversaries: Even … Continue reading
An annoying mini-error in Mozart’s Violin Concerto K. 219
Recently, David Perry, a Canadian violinist, criticised what he considered … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, notation, revision, violin + orchestra
Tagged Mozart, revision, Violin Concerto
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From the First to the Second Vienna School: 20th-century string quartets in the Henle catalogue
Henle is dedicating 2022 to a specific genre: under the … Continue reading
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) on his 150th birthday, part II
As announced in my last blog post, the collected volume … Continue reading
Four parts, many questions: on the editing of string quartets
Well-disposed visitors to our various digital platforms already know that … Continue reading
“Latest news about Mozart’s piano sonata in A major, K. 331”
“All good things come in threes” – this phrase came … Continue reading
Posted in copy, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, new source, piano solo, Piano Sonata K. 331 (W.A. Mozart), Urtext
Tagged K. 331
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A concerto for a “trombone god” – finally, Ferdinand David’s Concertino op. 4 in Henle Urtext
The trombone is an instrument with a venerable though also … Continue reading
Posted in David, Ferdinand, Monday Postings, trombone + orchestra
Tagged Concertino op. 4, trombone
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Schumann’s metronome markings in his “Kinderszenen”. Opportunity, not nuisance.
“You cannot define tempo. Tempo has no existence of its … Continue reading
Posted in Monday Postings, piano solo, Schumann, Robert, tempo
Tagged Kinderszenen op. 15
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An Urtext edition of Elgar’s Violin Chansons: What does an editor do when there is nothing to edit?
The question posed in the title of my blog post … Continue reading
Posted in dynamics, Elgar, Edward, first edition, Monday Postings, piano + violin
Tagged Chanson de matin, Chanson de nuit
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