Category Archives: first edition

A Henle customer suggests corrections to the text of Max Reger’s 2nd Cello Suite. How do we as publishers respond to this?

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Today, a brief but we hope all the more valuable … 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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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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The “parallel passage” – handle with care…

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Dominik Rahmer

If the ideal goal of a critical Urtext edition may … Continue reading →

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What’s new with Liszt’s b-minor sonata

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Norbert Müllemann

  With barely concealed exasperation Clara Schumann writes on 25 … Continue reading →

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A Bohemian in America: Is Dvořák’s String Quartet in F Major wrongly accented?

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Peter Jost

Antonín Dvořák, director of the National Conservatory of Music in … Continue reading →

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At what tempo does Ravel’s Pavane “die”?

Posted on August 31, 2015 by publisher

During my assistantship this past year as Henlean, I was … Continue reading →

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Who does the pedalling? On the use of the pedal in music for piano duets

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Norbert Müllemann

Nowadays we automatically associate music for piano duet with the … 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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