Category Archives: Sources

“Lunga e laboriosa fattica” – Attempting to interpret Mozart’s c-minor trio from the String Quartet K. 465/iii

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

When the composer’s autograph manuscript of a music work is … Continue reading →

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‘But it says in the autograph…’ – on a frequently posed question about our Urtext editions

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Annette Oppermann

Are you also one of those manuscript hunters on the … Continue reading →

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B(e) sharp – what would you play in Mozart’s piano variations K. 265?

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Dominik Rahmer

Mozart over and over again: In the last blog two … Continue reading →

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Tempest – Les Adieux – Hammerklavier. Sense and nonsense regarding the names given to Beethoven’s piano sonatas

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Norbert Gertsch

It’s so much easier to say “The Tempest”, “Pathétique” and … Continue reading →

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Small error, large impact! About a repeat sign wandering around “In the Mists”

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Annette Oppermann

Leoš Janáček’s magnificent chamber music that we’re publishing in collaboration … Continue reading →

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“I would like to see this piece published soon” – The first edition of Liszt’s arrangement of Wagner’s overture to “Tannhäuser”

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Peter Jost

The 19th century is rich in artist friendships. That between … Continue reading →

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Deluxe for the continuo group – Part II: Telemann

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Norbert Müllemann

It was nearly three years ago, on 17 February 2014, … Continue reading →

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Urtext from A to Z! What you’ll want to know about our new edition of Alexander Zemlinsky’s Clarinet Trio op. 3

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Dominik Rahmer

With our freshly released Urtext edition of the stunning “Brahmsian” … Continue reading →

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Editions also have their histories. The revision of César Franck’s violin sonata

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Peter Jost

The question of why from time to time editions in … Continue reading →

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Johann Jacob Froberger on his 400th birthday

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Norbert Müllemann

Many Urtext enthusiasts will already have noticed in 2014 that … Continue reading →

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