Category Archives: autograph

Tristan at Troldhaugen – interesting finds in Grieg’s “Lyric Pieces”

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Dominik Rahmer

Among the most popular and successful of Edvard Grieg’s compositions … Continue reading →

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The music world will sit up and take notice! On the new Urtext edition of Mozart’s Piano Sonata in A Major KV 331

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

You presumably know Mozart’s A-major Piano Sonata KV 331 (with … Continue reading →

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Is it OK to add them? – The “missing” low notes in Beethoven’s piano sonatas

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Norbert Gertsch

Here’s a topic that pianists have been discussing since the … Continue reading →

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An amusing story and a serious problem – On Mendelssohn’s first concert piece for clarinet, basset horn and piano

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Peter Jost

For composers, commissions or dedications of works could pay off, … Continue reading →

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On a terribly wrong dynamic marking in the first movement of K. 499

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

In my last blog posting I reported on my current, … Continue reading →

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Better late than never: Leoš Janáček at Henle publishers

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Annette Oppermann

It is always a special moment whenever a new name … Continue reading →

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Spohr and Crusell join the club – new Urtext editions for clarinet

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Dominik Rahmer

Musicians have long known that not only pianists and string … Continue reading →

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The new Catalogue of Works of Ludwig van Beethoven

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Norbert Gertsch

On 1 November 2014 G. Henle Verlag is publishing a … Continue reading →

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Composing made easy? On Erik Satie’s ‘Nocturnes’

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Peter Jost

It was not without good reason that the label ‘outsider’ … Continue reading →

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‘It is G! Bravo, and a thousand thanks.’ Günter Henle’s guestbook (and a wrong note in Beethoven)

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

The violinist Yehudi Menuhin was without question amongst Günter Henle’s … Continue reading →

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