Category Archives: Monday Postings

A Milestone in Music History: Schoenberg’s 2nd String Quartet op. 10

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Peter Jost

Arnold Schoenberg, in his letter thanking well-wishers on his 75th … Continue reading →

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The Henle Library app – our next big milestone

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Norbert Gertsch

Our app is six years old, and we can finally … Continue reading →

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Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915) on his 150th birthday, part I

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Norbert Müllemann

I admit that while typing the heading of this blog … Continue reading →

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“Latest news about Mozart’s piano sonata in A major, K. 331”

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

“All good things come in threes” – this phrase came … Continue reading →

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A concerto for a “trombone god” – finally, Ferdinand David’s Concertino op. 4 in Henle Urtext

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Dominik Rahmer

The trombone is an instrument with a venerable though also … Continue reading →

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Christmas Blog Post

Posted on December 20, 2021 by publisher

The Covid pandemic is, alas, still controlling large portions of … Continue reading →

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Schumann’s metronome markings in his “Kinderszenen”. Opportunity, not nuisance.

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

“You cannot define tempo. Tempo has no existence of its … Continue reading →

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An Urtext edition of Elgar’s Violin Chansons: What does an editor do when there is nothing to edit?

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Norbert Müllemann

The question posed in the title of my blog post … Continue reading →

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Refinement or oversight? On two passages in Fauré’s 1st Piano Quartet op. 15

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Peter Jost

Fauré is known for his refined tonal language, with the … Continue reading →

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Excess and empty space: Text variants in Dvořák’s Cello Concerto op. 104

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Annette Oppermann

Antonín Dvořák’s Cello Concerto op. 104 may be a special … Continue reading →

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