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Category Archives: first edition
Too much access! – Isaac Albéniz revises his Iberia cycle
Editors of sheet music are not alone in suffering from … Continue reading
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Tagged Albéniz, first edition, Iberia, reprint, revision
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‘Play it again’ – is a repeat sign missing in Brahms’ Paganini Variations?
Some time ago we received an interesting query from a … Continue reading
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“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
Hit and miss? – A purportedly wrong note in Beethoven’s Sonata op. 14 no. 2
For almost ten years now I’ve been working with Murray … 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
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How an original Mozart A flat escaped from the dust. On the slow movement of the C- minor Piano Sonata K. 457
Very vividly I recall the Mozart sensation of the year … Continue reading
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Tagged facsimile, Mozart, piano sonata, variants
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How the (cradle) song ends: what is the final tone of Fauré’s Berceuse?
Gabriel Fauré’s Berceuse op. 16, a captivating miniature for violin … Continue reading
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Tagged Berceuse, Fauré, harmonics, notation, variants
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So, how much bass do you want? Beethoven’s Sextet Op. 81b
Wouldn’t you wonder, too, if you saw a sextet on … Continue reading
Missing bass octave in Debussy’s Prélude “Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest”?
Whether the Pope is infallible is anybody’s guess, but composers … Continue reading
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How does Chopin’s Second Ballade end?
Many pianists are familiar with the problem that there are … Continue reading
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