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Category Archives: Sources
‘Finished in Vysoká at a nice little hour’– new finds in Dvořák’s A-major piano quintet op. 81
The piano quintet is, so to speak, in the “super … Continue reading
“Bozen this pigsty”. Why there’s no “Bozen string quartet” by Mozart.
When for the third and last time at the end … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, string quartet
Tagged K. 155-160, Mozart
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Abandoned, alas! – Beethoven’s unfinished works
In the run-up to the Beethoven anniversary year, I kept … Continue reading
Posted in Beethoven, Ludwig van, Monday Postings, sketches
Tagged Beethoven, unfinished
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Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier” sonata – The stony path to a reliable music text
Almost exactly 20 years ago – as I had just … Continue reading
“Beethoven Complete” – part 2: from the Old to the New Complete Edition
A few weeks ago my colleague Annette Oppermann reported on … Continue reading
Posted in Beethoven, Ludwig van, Monday Postings, Sources
Tagged AGA, compete edition, NGA
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“Beethoven Complete” yesterday and today – from the beginnings of the Beethoven complete edition(s) in the 19th century
Only what we have as whole, do we truly have … Continue reading
Posted in Beethoven, Ludwig van, Monday Postings, Sources
Tagged Beethoven, Breitkopf & Härtel, compete edition, Dunst, Haslinger, Zulehner
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Beethoven in film. A complete overview in three parts
I can still very clearly remember how upset and outraged … Continue reading
An insightful correction in Mozart’s autograph of the String Quartet in C major K. 170
In a few weeks a long-cherished dream of mine will … Continue reading
The other type of sources: Letters about Max Bruch’s “Kol Nidrei”
An Urtext edition – and not just only from Henle … Continue reading
Posted in Bruch, Max, Kol Nidrei (Bruch), letter, Monday Postings, piano + violoncello
Tagged Bruch, Kol Nidrei
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A tear for or from Rossini?
November 13 marks the 150th anniversary of Gioacchino Rossini’s death, … Continue reading