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Category Archives: Monday Postings
Wieniawski’s Scherzo-Tarantella, op. 16: Structural designs for a synthesis between a tarantella and a scherzo?
As noted in the Preface to the Henle edition of … Continue reading
A forgery? And if so, by whom? On the closing bars in Mozart’s Wind Quintet K. 452
The autograph of Mozart’s piano quintet for piano and four … Continue reading
High time for the low register – the double bass conquers the Henle catalogue
The strings, together with the main instrument, piano, have all … Continue reading
Posted in Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von, double bass, Double Bass Concerto (Dittersdorf), Double Bass Concerto (Hoffmeister), Dragonetti, Domenico, Famous Solo (Dragonetti), G. Henle Publishers, Hoffmeister, Franz Anton, Monday Postings, Tobias Glöckler, Urtext
Tagged Dittersdorf, Double bass, Dragonetti, Hoffmeister
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Ossia and Da Capo – Confusion in Schumann’s Papillons, Op. 2
Sometimes a conundrum can’t be solved, even when the source … Continue reading
Filched Melodies – Sarasate’s ‘Zigeunerweisen’ (Gypsy Airs) under suspicion of plagiarism
The use of folk-music elements in art music has, as … Continue reading
Posted in genesis, Gypsy Airs op. 20 (Saraste), Monday Postings, piano + violin, Saraste, Pablo de
Tagged melody, plagiarism, Sarasate
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“Liebestod” revisited – yet more problems in Franz Liszt’s transcription of Wagner
Some time ago we had previously devoted a blog post … Continue reading
Schubert deletes, Brahms restores. On the first of the three posthumous piano pieces (Impromptus) D 946 by Franz Schubert
Schubert did not live to see the publication of his … Continue reading
“Adelaide” – a song goes round the world
The German art song does indeed famously enjoy great popularity, … Continue reading
Posted in Adelaide op. 46 (Beethoven), Beethoven, Ludwig van, Monday Postings, piano + voice
Tagged Adelaide, Beethoven, song, translation
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“una corda” – “con sord.” – “mit Verschiebung”: How do I ‘mute’ my piano?
Many piano students are not going to believe their eyes … Continue reading
Posted in Beethoven, Ludwig van, Monday Postings, notation, piano solo, Schumann, Robert, Scriabin, Alexander
Tagged pedal, soft pedal, sordino, una corda, Verschiebung
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Climax, more or less – e flat or e in Islamey?
Mily Balakirev’s showpiece Islamey, already certified, so to speak, as … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Balakirev, Milij, first edition, Islamey (Balakirev), Monday Postings, piano solo, variant reading
Tagged Balakirev, Islamey, reading
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