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Category Archives: notation
“Please don’t play it as it’s written in the music!” – Urtext and playability
A music-lesson scene that we all recall most reluctantly: A … Continue reading
Posted in Mahler, Gustav, Monday Postings, notation, Piano quartet (Mahler), Urtext
Tagged Mahler, notation, piano quartet
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About the difficulties of notating ornamentation – The riddle of a neighbouring trill tone in Chopin’s Berceuse
The topic “ornamentation” in music is truly endless. We have … Continue reading
Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian, Berceuse op. 57 (Chopin), Chopin, Frédéric, General, Monday Postings, notation, ornamentation, piano solo
Tagged Bach, Chopin, Ornamentation, Telemann
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Composing made easy? On Erik Satie’s ‘Nocturnes’
It was not without good reason that the label ‘outsider’ … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Monday Postings, Nocturnes (Satie), notation, piano solo, Satie, Erik, variant reading
Tagged harmony, Nocturnes, Orledge, Satie
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Best until… How long does an accidental last?
Today’s musicians tend to react to the above question with … Continue reading
Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian, flute solo, Flute Sonata BWV 1030 (J.S. Bach), Monday Postings, notation
Tagged accidentals, autograph, Bach, BWV 1030, flute sonata, HN 269, HN 64, inventions
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The accent question in Schubert: An old theme with new variations
Anyone working with Schubert’s autographs inevitably runs up sooner or … Continue reading
Posted in accent, Monday Postings, notation, Octet D 803 (Schubert), Schubert, Franz
Tagged accent, An die ferne Geliebte, An die Geliebte, Beethoven, D 803, decrescendo, HN 562, HN 9562, Octet, Op. 98, Schubert, WoO 140
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Deluxe for the continuo group
What music do continuo players play from? This question might … Continue reading
Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian, Monday Postings, notation, Urtext
Tagged Bach, basso continuo, HN 554, urtext
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Why facsimiles, actually?
The blue Urtext editions certainly amount to the lion’s share … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, facsimile, G. Henle Publishers, Monday Postings, notation, Schubert, Franz, Violin Sonata op. 137 (Schubert)
Tagged autograph, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, facsimile, Liszt, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann
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“Hark, Hark! The Joy Inspiring Horn” – Discoveries in Schumann’s Konzertstück, Opus 86
For pianists and string players, especially, the name Henle stands … Continue reading
A forgery? And if so, by whom? On the closing bars in Mozart’s Wind Quintet K. 452
The autograph of Mozart’s piano quintet for piano and four … Continue reading
“Liebestod” revisited – yet more problems in Franz Liszt’s transcription of Wagner
Some time ago we had previously devoted a blog post … Continue reading