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Category Archives: Monday Postings
Christmas Blog
Christmas is just around the corner, though nothing this year … Continue reading
Beethoven in the “home office” – Composing in the “truly admirable confusion”
Beethoven Year 2020 is coming to an end, and there … Continue reading
Abandoned, alas! – Beethoven’s unfinished works
In the run-up to the Beethoven anniversary year, I kept … Continue reading
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Genuine Beethoven – or not quite? Questions of authenticity with Beethoven
The Beethoven Year is slowly coming to a close, almost … Continue reading
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Beethoven’s change of dedication – a small search for motives
Last week I had the great pleasure of making the … Continue reading
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Beethoven – creator of concert overtures?
Beethoven as the great innovator of forms and genres generated … Continue reading
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Beethoven’s easy piano sonatas. BEETHOVEN’S EASY PIANO SONATAS???
The title for today’s blog post was so easy to … Continue reading
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On the way to the Romantic orchestra – the trombone in Beethoven’s symphonies
Last May my colleague Norbert Gertsch dealt with Beethoven’s relationship … Continue reading
Summer Break
Summer is here and the Henle blog is saying “goodby” … Continue reading
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More than “Ode to Joy” – the whole range of Beethoven’s vocal work
Although the melody of the 9th Symphony’s choral movement, “Freude … Continue reading