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Category Archives: Monday Postings
Bordering on the modern – The Urtext edition of Schumann’s “Myrthen” op. 25
Considering that specifically for 19th-century works the first edition is … Continue reading
Version alert! Or: Did Brahms ever revise his Horn Trio?
A few days ago a customer enquiry momentarily gave me … Continue reading
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Ten at a stroke – Scriabin’s piano sonatas in one volume
Many a Henle fan familiar with our catalog will know … Continue reading
An unaccountable (?) fermata notation in Mozart’s string quartet K. 428
That Mozart, when writing carefully, graphically distinguishes between the dot … Continue reading
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The Nutcracker in ballet and film
The Nutcracker is as closely associated with the Christmas season … Continue reading
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40 or 42? Rodolphe Kreutzer’s Etudes as Urtext edition
There could not be a bigger difference: When you are … Continue reading
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A tear for or from Rossini?
November 13 marks the 150th anniversary of Gioacchino Rossini’s death, … Continue reading
Rachmaninoff revises Rachmaninoff. On the two versions of the Second Piano Sonata op. 36
In my last blog posting I went into the genesis … Continue reading
From sketch to first edition: the (almost) seamless source documentation of Edward Elgar’s violin sonata
Many Urtext editions and their sources cross the desk of … Continue reading
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“Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit!”*) — Four famous composers at the Wiesn**).
Yesterday evening I was once again sitting in the party … Continue reading
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