Category Archives: letter

Beethoven’s list of corrections – a rare source type

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Norbert Gertsch

Located now and again amongst the sources for Beethoven’s compositions … Continue reading →

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The other type of sources: Letters about Max Bruch’s “Kol Nidrei”

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Annette Oppermann

An Urtext edition – and not just only from Henle … 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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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 →

Posted in autograph, Beethoven, Ludwig van, first edition, letter, Monday Postings, Murray Perahia, piano solo, Piano Sonata op. 10 nr. 3 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 101 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 106 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 109 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 110 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 111 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 14 nr. 1 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 2 nr. 3 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 31 nr. 2 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 7 (Beethoven), pitch range | Tagged , , , | 21 Comments