Category Archives: Sources

Why facsimiles, actually?

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Annette Oppermann

The blue Urtext editions certainly amount to the lion’s share … 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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A forgery? And if so, by whom? On the closing bars in Mozart’s Wind Quintet K. 452

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

The autograph of Mozart’s piano quintet for piano and four … 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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Totally, seriously – clearing it out is part of it!

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Annette Oppermann

Any of you who not only had a hearty laugh … Continue reading →

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Attention to small details: Elgar’s notation as expression

Posted on April 15, 2013 by guest

Preparing a new edition of a work that has been … Continue reading →

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