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Category Archives: Monday Postings
“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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Debussy in Urtext – Part 5: Corrections in the galley proofs for the piano piece “Masques”
Needless to say, every editor of an Urtext edition wishes … Continue reading
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Summer, sun and holidays!
It’s vacation time and so the Henle-Blog is taking a … Continue reading
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Debussy in Urtext – Part 4: Autograph corrections in chamber-music works
It goes without saying that the focus would be on … Continue reading
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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
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Debussy in Urtext – Part 3: Debussy’s recordings of his piano music
Editors of Urtext editions have added a new medium as … Continue reading
Confusion about Chopin’s Scherzi – episode 4
At the beginning of the year I reported on my … Continue reading
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La Vega – The fertile plain: Isaac Albeniz’s homage to Granada and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada
A few weeks ago my colleague Peter Jost reported here … Continue reading