Search
Subscribe2
-
Recent Posts
- An anniversary tribute 200 years after his death: Carl Maria von Weber’s Bassoon Concerto, op. 75, now available in Henle Urtext
- Fanny Hensel’s Lieder on the Rise
- It Doesn’t Always Have to Be Blue – Bach in Yellow
- Just a bit of Passacaglia?
- “My obsession with improvement is a chronic, incurable affliction”. On Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2
Tags
accidentals arrangements autograph Bach Bartók Beethoven Brahms Carnival Chopin Christmas clarinet Debussy Double bass Dvorak facsimile Fauré fingering first edition genesis Haydn Hoffmeister horn Liszt Mendelssohn Mozart notation piano piano concerto piano sonata Rachmaninoff Ravel revision Saint-Saëns Satie Schubert Schumann string quartet urtext variant reading variants variations versions viola violin Violin Sonata
Category Archives: autograph
Totally, seriously – clearing it out is part of it!
Any of you who not only had a hearty laugh … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Clarinet Sonata op. 107 (Reger), Monday Postings, notation, piano + clarinet, Reger, Max
Tagged Reger, urtext
Leave a comment
Attention to small details: Elgar’s notation as expression
Preparing a new edition of a work that has been … Continue reading
‘Come sopra’ – clearly ambiguous!
The autograph of Beethoven’s piano sonata, Op. 90, is part … Continue reading
Gong, tamtam or cymbal crash? – Gershwin’s ‘Concerto in F’ as work in progress
You know George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto and the famous place … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Gershwin, George, Monday Postings, Piano Concerto in F (Gershwin), sketches, Urtext
Tagged Concerto in F, Cymbals, full score, Gershwin, Gong, piano reduction, sketch score, Tamtam
1 Comment
A manuscript conundrum – the autograph of Gabriel Fauré’s violin sonata, Op. 13
Autograph manuscripts of musical works have an aura all their … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Fauré, Gabriel, Monday Postings, piano + violin, Urtext, Violin Sonata op. 13 (Fauré)
Tagged autograph, Fauré, Violin Sonata
Leave a comment
Too much access! – Isaac Albéniz revises his Iberia cycle
Editors of sheet music are not alone in suffering from … Continue reading
Posted in Albéniz, Isaac, autograph, first edition, Iberia (Albéniz), Monday Postings, piano solo, reprint, revision
Tagged Albéniz, first edition, Iberia, reprint, revision
3 Comments
Will versus Caprice. On the the closing measures of Robert Schumann’s C-major Fantasy op. 17
What you can see here is the last page of … Continue reading
‘Play it again’ – is a repeat sign missing in Brahms’ Paganini Variations?
Some time ago we received an interesting query from a … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Brahms, Johannes, first edition, Monday Postings, notation, Paganini Variations op. 35 (Brahms), piano solo
Tagged Brahms, notation, Paganini, piano, repeat, variation
Leave a comment
“Rock” or “stone”? Schumann’s text changes in “Liederkreis” op. 39 on poems by Joseph von Eichendorff
You know the Lorelei? You know that from the high … Continue reading
Going down, coming up or on the up and up? – stumbling block in Erik Satie’s ‘2ème Gymnopédie’
At first sight Urtext editions of Satie’s piano music do … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, first edition, Gymnopédie (Satie), Monday Postings, piano solo, Satie, Erik, Urtext
Tagged correction, Gymnopédie, Satie
Leave a comment