Category Archives: first edition

A wrong ‘D’ goes out into the world – Rachmaninoff’s Prélude in c sharp minor under the magnifying glass

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Dominik Rahmer

The last blog posting on 6 January has already let … Continue reading →

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HN 555 – A printing error in CPE Bach’s sonata for solo flute?

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Norbert Müllemann

These days our latest Urtext product comes from the prin­ter, … Continue reading →

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“Hark, Hark! The Joy Inspiring Horn” – Discoveries in Schumann’s Konzertstück, Opus 86

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Dominik Rahmer

For pianists and string players, especially, the name Henle stands … Continue reading →

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Ossia and Da Capo – Confusion in Schumann’s Papillons, Op. 2

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Norbert Gertsch

Sometimes a conundrum can’t be solved, even when the source … Continue reading →

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“Liebestod” revisited – yet more problems in Franz Liszt’s transcription of Wagner

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Dominik Rahmer

Some time ago we had previously devoted a blog post … Continue reading →

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Schubert deletes, Brahms restores. On the first of the three posthumous piano pieces (Impromptus) D 946 by Franz Schubert

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Schubert did not live to see the publication of his … Continue reading →

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Climax, more or less – e flat or e in Islamey?

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Norbert Gertsch

Mily Balakirev’s showpiece Islamey, already certified, so to speak, as … Continue reading →

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Wagner, Liszt, and Isolde ‘slurred’– how well do composers proofread their own works?

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Dominik Rahmer

The current Wagner year is also not going unnoticed at … Continue reading →

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‘Come sopra’ – clearly ambiguous!

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Norbert Gertsch

The autograph of Beethoven’s piano sonata, Op. 90, is part … Continue reading →

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Too much access! – Isaac Albéniz revises his Iberia cycle

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Norbert Gertsch

Editors of sheet music are not alone in suffering from … Continue reading →

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