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Wagner, Liszt, and Isolde ‘slurred’– how well do composers proofread their own works?
The current Wagner year is also not going unnoticed at … Continue reading
‘Come sopra’ – clearly ambiguous!
The autograph of Beethoven’s piano sonata, Op. 90, is part … Continue reading
Gong, tamtam or cymbal crash? – Gershwin’s ‘Concerto in F’ as work in progress
You know George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto and the famous place … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Gershwin, George, Monday Postings, Piano Concerto in F (Gershwin), sketches, Urtext
Tagged Concerto in F, Cymbals, full score, Gershwin, Gong, piano reduction, sketch score, Tamtam
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A manuscript conundrum – the autograph of Gabriel Fauré’s violin sonata, Op. 13
Autograph manuscripts of musical works have an aura all their … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Fauré, Gabriel, Monday Postings, piano + violin, Urtext, Violin Sonata op. 13 (Fauré)
Tagged autograph, Fauré, Violin Sonata
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Too much access! – Isaac Albéniz revises his Iberia cycle
Editors of sheet music are not alone in suffering from … Continue reading
Posted in Albéniz, Isaac, autograph, first edition, Iberia (Albéniz), Monday Postings, piano solo, reprint, revision
Tagged Albéniz, first edition, Iberia, reprint, revision
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Will versus Caprice. On the the closing measures of Robert Schumann’s C-major Fantasy op. 17
What you can see here is the last page of … Continue reading
‘Play it again’ – is a repeat sign missing in Brahms’ Paganini Variations?
Some time ago we received an interesting query from a … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Brahms, Johannes, first edition, Monday Postings, notation, Paganini Variations op. 35 (Brahms), piano solo
Tagged Brahms, notation, Paganini, piano, repeat, variation
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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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Tagged correction, Gymnopédie, Satie
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