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Category Archives: piano solo
On the lookout for the lost measure: Bach’s C-major Prelude from the Well-Tempered Clavier I
Those in the know among our readers will be aware … Continue reading
Curiosity pays off. The genesis of Maurice Ravel’s piano ‘Sonatine’
In 2011 when I began preparing a new edition of … Continue reading
Posted in genesis, Monday Postings, piano solo, Piano Sonatina (Ravel), Ravel, Maurice
Tagged Calvocoressi, competition, genesis, Ravel, Sonatina
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How an original Mozart A flat escaped from the dust. On the slow movement of the C- minor Piano Sonata K. 457
Very vividly I recall the Mozart sensation of the year … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, first edition, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, piano solo, revision, Urtext, variant reading
Tagged facsimile, Mozart, piano sonata, variants
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“La dernière pensée musicale de Chopin” – a Sham?
Mystery swirls around Chopin’s Mazurka in f minor, op. post. … Continue reading
Posted in Chopin, Frédéric, Mazurka op. post. 68 nr. 4 (Chopin), Monday Postings, piano solo, sketches, versions
Tagged Chopin, Fontana, Franchomme, Mazurka, variants, versions
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Missing bass octave in Debussy’s Prélude “Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest”?
Whether the Pope is infallible is anybody’s guess, but composers … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Debussy, Claude, first edition, Monday Postings, piano solo, Préludes (Debussy), reprint, variant reading
Tagged Debussy, Préludes, variants
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How does Chopin’s Second Ballade end?
Many pianists are familiar with the problem that there are … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Ballades (Chopin), Chopin, Frédéric, first edition, Monday Postings, piano solo, versions
Tagged Ballade, Chopin, versions
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Beethoven, Für Elise WoO 59 – Do you strike the right note?
d or e – that is the question … when … Continue reading