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Category Archives: Instrumentation
The première of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Sonata op. 36
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Saratov, Smolensk, Voronezh – what do … Continue reading
The “Picardy” major third in Chopin’s incredibly sad c-sharp minor Nocturne
What a liberating, even redemptive impact that the unexpected major … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Chopin, Frédéric, copy, Monday Postings, piano solo
Tagged Chopin; Nocturne in c sharp minor
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Confusion surrounding Chopin’s Scherzi – episodes 2 & 3
In my blog post of 21 March 2016, I lamented … Continue reading
Posted in Chopin, Frédéric, Monday Postings, piano solo, Scherzo op. 31 (Chopin), Scherzo op. 39 (Chopin), Sources
Tagged Chopin, Scherzo, sources
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Autographs and proofread copies for Ludwig van Beethoven’s piano sonatas – an overview
Editing a Beethoven work solely on the basis of a … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Beethoven, Ludwig van, copy, first edition, Monday Postings, piano solo, Urtext
Tagged Beethoven, Piano Sonatas, sources
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The many footnotes of Rosamunde
All good things come in threes – this is also … Continue reading
New editions for the clarinet – Brahms and Gade
The clarinet was again featured in our recent editions of … Continue reading
Posted in articulation, autograph, Brahms, Johannes, dynamics, first edition, Monday Postings, piano + clarinet
Tagged Brahms, clarinet, Gade
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“Lunga e laboriosa fattica” – Attempting to interpret Mozart’s c-minor trio from the String Quartet K. 465/iii
When the composer’s autograph manuscript of a music work is … Continue reading
Viva la música española – Spanish music in Henle Urtext Editions
Emerging in the 19th century in nearly all of Europe … Continue reading
“A Little Spring Melody”– finally in Urtext!
Many a reader will be thinking, I must be mistaken … Continue reading