Category Archives: Sources

Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier” sonata – The stony path to a reliable music text

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Norbert Gertsch

Almost exactly 20 years ago – as I had just … Continue reading →

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“Beethoven Complete” – part 2: from the Old to the New Complete Edition

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Peter Jost

A few weeks ago my colleague Annette Oppermann reported on … Continue reading →

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“Beethoven Complete” yesterday and today – from the beginnings of the Beethoven complete edition(s) in the 19th century

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Annette Oppermann

Only what we have as whole, do we truly have … Continue reading →

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Beethoven in film. A complete overview in three parts

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

I can still very clearly remember how upset and outraged … Continue reading →

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An insightful correction in Mozart’s autograph of the String Quartet in C major K. 170

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

In a few weeks a long-cherished dream of mine will … 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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A tear for or from Rossini?

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Annette Oppermann

November 13 marks the 150th anniversary of Gioacchino Rossini’s death, … Continue reading →

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From sketch to first edition: the (almost) seamless source documentation of Edward Elgar’s violin sonata

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Norbert Müllemann

Many Urtext editions and their sources cross the desk of … Continue reading →

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Debussy in Urtext – Part 5: Corrections in the galley proofs for the piano piece “Masques”

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Peter Jost

Needless to say, every editor of an Urtext edition wishes … Continue reading →

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The “Picardy” major third in Chopin’s incredibly sad c-sharp minor Nocturne

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

What a liberating, even redemptive impact that the unexpected major … Continue reading →

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