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Category Archives: Monday Postings
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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Franz Xaver comes to Henle: On the 170th anniversary of the death of Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (29 July 2014)
That Henle is a Mozart publisher should not come as … Continue reading
Posted in Andreas Staier, autograph, first edition, Flute Rondo (F.X.W. Mozart), G. Henle Publishers, Monday Postings, Mozart, Franz Xaver Wolfgang, piano + flute, piano solo, Urtext
Tagged anniversary, Diabelli-Variations, Don Giovanni-Minuet, flute rondo, Franz Xaver Wolfgang, Henle, HN 1180, HN 958, HN 959, Karsten Nottelmann, Katalog, Mozart, Polonaises mélancholiques, son, urtext, variations
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Where does the key/clef go? About a problematic passage in Schumann’s F-major string quartet
Fans of the humourist Wilhelm Busch will certainly be reminded … Continue reading
Without words, but with a foreword – what’s new on Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise”
Looking at the topics of the by now more than … Continue reading
A “new” Mozart work. On the c-minor “Fantasy” (K. 396/385f) in its original setting for violin and piano
In the year 1821 three distinguished personalities met in Weimar: … Continue reading
Clarinet – Oboe – Horn. New chamber music by Carl Nielsen on the Henle agenda
Carl Nielsen (1865–1931) is probably best known as a prominent … Continue reading
Best until… How long does an accidental last?
Today’s musicians tend to react to the above question with … Continue reading
Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian, flute solo, Flute Sonata BWV 1030 (J.S. Bach), Monday Postings, notation
Tagged accidentals, autograph, Bach, BWV 1030, flute sonata, HN 269, HN 64, inventions
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The accent question in Schubert: An old theme with new variations
Anyone working with Schubert’s autographs inevitably runs up sooner or … Continue reading
Posted in accent, Monday Postings, notation, Octet D 803 (Schubert), Schubert, Franz
Tagged accent, An die ferne Geliebte, An die Geliebte, Beethoven, D 803, decrescendo, HN 562, HN 9562, Octet, Op. 98, Schubert, WoO 140
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‘Servant of two masters’ – when the editor is caught between two composers
The basic idea behind an Urtext edition is well known; … Continue reading