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Category Archives: Instrumentation
Refinement or oversight? On two passages in Fauré’s 1st Piano Quartet op. 15
Fauré is known for his refined tonal language, with the … Continue reading
Posted in Fauré, Gabriel, Monday Postings, piano quartet, Urtext
Tagged Piano Quartet op. 15
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Dvořák’s “Gran Partita”? On the presumed model of his Wind Serenade in d minor op. 44
In my last blog post I already reported on our … Continue reading
G sharp or G? About a bass trill in Schubert’s A-flat-major Impromptu D 935, No. 2
Franz Schubert‘s piano music is almost an infinitely magical wonderland. … Continue reading
Posted in harmonics, piano solo, Schubert, Franz, variant reading
Tagged A-flat-major Impromptu D 935, trill
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The agony of choice – lieder by Richard Strauss
Incredible, but true: unannounced so far in this blog is … Continue reading
Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy and the challenges of an Urtext edition
In the already more than 70 years since the founding … Continue reading
Attempt at re-dating Mozart’s three popular “Quartet-Divertimenti”, K. 136–138
In conjunction with my Urtextausgabe of the well-known and much-played … Continue reading
Bach’s harpsichord concertos and their autograph
If you’re looking for a simple answer to the question … Continue reading
“Bozen this pigsty”. Why there’s no “Bozen string quartet” by Mozart.
When for the third and last time at the end … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, string quartet
Tagged K. 155-160, Mozart
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A fresh look at Bach’s piano partitas
Many readers (and pianists!) will already have noticed that we … Continue reading
Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian, Monday Postings, piano solo, revision, Six Partitas BWV 825-830 (J.S. Bach)
Tagged Bach, partitas, revision
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Beethoven – creator of concert overtures?
Beethoven as the great innovator of forms and genres generated … Continue reading
Posted in Beethoven, Ludwig van, Monday Postings, orchestra
Tagged Beethoven, ouverture
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