Category Archives: autograph

B(e) sharp – what would you play in Mozart’s piano variations K. 265?

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Dominik Rahmer

Mozart over and over again: In the last blog two … Continue reading →

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Tempest – Les Adieux – Hammerklavier. Sense and nonsense regarding the names given to Beethoven’s piano sonatas

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Norbert Gertsch

It’s so much easier to say “The Tempest”, “Pathétique” and … Continue reading →

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Editions also have their histories. The revision of César Franck’s violin sonata

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Peter Jost

The question of why from time to time editions in … Continue reading →

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Johann Jacob Froberger on his 400th birthday

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Norbert Müllemann

Many Urtext enthusiasts will already have noticed in 2014 that … Continue reading →

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Haydn’s complete cello concertos at Henle: 3, 8, 5 or 2?

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Annette Oppermann

To the question of how many cello concertos Joseph Haydn … Continue reading →

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Don’t miss a beat! The first movement of Saint-Saëns’ 2nd piano concerto

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Peter Jost

As editors we are occasionally confronted with questions that at … Continue reading →

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Anton Webern: Now also “in blue”!

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Norbert Müllemann

We are always welcoming new composers to our Henle catalogue. … Continue reading →

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A “bad apple” in Camille Saint-Saëns’ 2nd cello sonata?

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Peter Jost

Saint-Saëns was likely far from the “genius thinking” of romanticism. … Continue reading →

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A peek through the keyhole – Bartók’s “Allegro barbaro” as forerunner of the complete edition

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Annette Oppermann

With Béla Bartók, we have added a new composer to … Continue reading →

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Confusion about ties in Chopin’s Scherzo in b minor

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Norbert Müllemann

That Chopin variants can be exasperating to an editor – … Continue reading →

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