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Category Archives: piano solo
The “parallel passage” – handle with care…
If the ideal goal of a critical Urtext edition may … Continue reading
Posted in articulation, autograph, first edition, Grieg, Edvard, Monday Postings, piano solo, variant reading
Tagged Grieg, Peer Gynt suite, variants
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What’s new with Liszt’s b-minor sonata
With barely concealed exasperation Clara Schumann writes on 25 … Continue reading
Further new findings on the autograph of Mozart’s Piano Sonata in A major K. 331
Regular readers of the Henle blog will recollect: My last … Continue reading
At what tempo does Ravel’s Pavane “die”?
During my assistantship this past year as Henlean, I was … Continue reading
Posted in first edition, Monday Postings, Pavane (Ravel), piano solo, Ravel, Maurice, tempo
Tagged Pavane, Ravel, Tempo
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Tristan at Troldhaugen – interesting finds in Grieg’s “Lyric Pieces”
Among the most popular and successful of Edvard Grieg’s compositions … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Grieg, Edvard, Lyric Pieces (Grieg), Monday Postings, piano solo, sketches, variant reading
Tagged accidentals, Grieg, piano, variants
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The music world will sit up and take notice! On the new Urtext edition of Mozart’s Piano Sonata in A Major KV 331
You presumably know Mozart’s A-major Piano Sonata KV 331 (with … Continue reading
Is it OK to add them? – The “missing” low notes in Beethoven’s piano sonatas
Here’s a topic that pianists have been discussing since the … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Beethoven, Ludwig van, first edition, letter, Monday Postings, Murray Perahia, piano solo, Piano Sonata op. 10 nr. 3 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 101 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 106 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 109 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 110 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 111 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 14 nr. 1 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 2 nr. 3 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 31 nr. 2 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 7 (Beethoven), pitch range
Tagged Beethoven, Murray Perahia, piano sonata, Sonata
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About the difficulties of notating ornamentation – The riddle of a neighbouring trill tone in Chopin’s Berceuse
The topic “ornamentation” in music is truly endless. We have … Continue reading
Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian, Berceuse op. 57 (Chopin), Chopin, Frédéric, General, Monday Postings, notation, ornamentation, piano solo
Tagged Bach, Chopin, Ornamentation, Telemann
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Scarlatti Sonatas, Volume IV – the ultimate choice
Though Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) was indeed born the same year … Continue reading
Composing made easy? On Erik Satie’s ‘Nocturnes’
It was not without good reason that the label ‘outsider’ … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Monday Postings, Nocturnes (Satie), notation, piano solo, Satie, Erik, variant reading
Tagged harmony, Nocturnes, Orledge, Satie
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