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Is it OK to add them? – The “missing” low notes in Beethoven’s piano sonatas
Here’s a topic that pianists have been discussing since the … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Beethoven, Ludwig van, first edition, letter, Monday Postings, Murray Perahia, piano solo, Piano Sonata op. 10 nr. 3 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 101 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 106 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 109 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 110 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 111 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 14 nr. 1 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 2 nr. 3 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 31 nr. 2 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 7 (Beethoven), pitch range
Tagged Beethoven, Murray Perahia, piano sonata, Sonata
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On a terribly wrong dynamic marking in the first movement of K. 499
In my last blog posting I reported on my current, … Continue reading
Scarlatti Sonatas, Volume IV – the ultimate choice
Though Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) was indeed born the same year … Continue reading
“You can count on me” – Debussy’s arrangement of “Minstrels” for violin and piano
Arrangements have on occasion already come up for discussion in … Continue reading
“It’s all so wonderful!” On the new edition of Mozart’s string quartets
A few weeks ago I began editorial work on a … Continue reading
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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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
Listeners are also only human
Observations on the necessity of body language in piano playing … Continue reading
Posted in Alfred Brendel, Beethoven, Ludwig van, Hungarian Rhapsody (Liszt), Lang Lang, Liszt, Franz, Marc-André Hamelin, Monday Postings, piano solo, Piano Sonata op. 31 nr. 3 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 7 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 81a Les Adieux (Beethoven), Victor Borge
Tagged Beethoven, body language, Hungarian Rhapsody, interpretation, Liszt, piano, piano player, piano sonata
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The lord of the low tones – Tobias Glöckler in conversation about Dragonetti’s “Famous Solo”
The double bass entered the Henle publishers’ catalogue a few … Continue reading
Posted in Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von, double bass, Double Bass Concerto (Dittersdorf), Double Bass Concerto (Hoffmeister), Dragonetti, Domenico, Famous Solo (Dragonetti), Hoffmeister, Franz Anton, Monday Postings, Tobias Glöckler, Urtext
Tagged Dittersdorf, Double bass, Dragonetti, Famous solo, Hoffmeister, orchestral tuning, Saint-Saëns, solo tuning, Tobias Glöckler, urtext, Viennese tuning
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