Category Archives: Instrumentation

A tear for or from Rossini?

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Annette Oppermann

November 13 marks the 150th anniversary of Gioacchino Rossini’s death, … Continue reading →

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Rachmaninoff revises Rachmaninoff. On the two versions of the Second Piano Sonata op. 36

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Dominik Rahmer

In my last blog posting I went into the genesis … Continue reading →

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From sketch to first edition: the (almost) seamless source documentation of Edward Elgar’s violin sonata

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Norbert Müllemann

Many Urtext editions and their sources cross the desk of … Continue reading →

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Debussy in Urtext – Part 5: Corrections in the galley proofs for the piano piece “Masques”

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Peter Jost

Needless to say, every editor of an Urtext edition wishes … Continue reading →

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More or less – Bartók’s well-regulated markings of his piano works

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Annette Oppermann

To continue my last blog with an overview of our … Continue reading →

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The première of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Sonata op. 36

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Dominik Rahmer

Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Saratov, Smolensk, Voronezh – what do … Continue reading →

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The “Picardy” major third in Chopin’s incredibly sad c-sharp minor Nocturne

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

What a liberating, even redemptive impact that the unexpected major … Continue reading →

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“Right”? or “Wrong”? On a questionable note in Mendelssohn’s c-minor Piano Trio op. 66

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Occasionally in the edition business there is an insoluble conflict … Continue reading →

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Confusion surrounding Chopin’s Scherzi – episodes 2 & 3

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Norbert Müllemann

In my blog post of 21 March 2016, I lamented … Continue reading →

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Autographs and proofread copies for Ludwig van Beethoven’s piano sonatas – an overview

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Norbert Gertsch

Editing a Beethoven work solely on the basis of a … Continue reading →

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