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Gratis, but not for nothing – the download of the Lalo cello concerto
Whilst browsing through the Henle publishers’ catalogue you may occasionally … Continue reading
High quality sheet music. What makes a music edition good?
A carnival week blog contribution: (1) You can tell a … Continue reading
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Composers on the waiting list – or: We’d really like to do them, but are (still) not allowed to do so
‘Why doesn’t Henle have the famous piano trio by Shostakovich?’ … Continue reading
Posted in G. Henle Publishers, Monday Postings, Urtext
Tagged copyright, Prokofiev, Shostakovich
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Brahms’s ‘Hungarian Dances’ – new finds in old sources
In 2011 the Brahms researcher Michael Struck made a striking … Continue reading
Posted in articulation, Brahms, Johannes, Hungarian Dances (Brahms), Monday Postings, notation, piano solo
Tagged Brahms, interpretation, notation, piano
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‘Silent Night’ revisited
A blog entry on 24 December – how could it … 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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Piano Trio Question: Why really are pianists ‘allowed’ to play from the score, but not string players? And since when?
Notice: There’s a prize question at the end of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, parts, Piano Trio, score
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Setting, version, arrangement – how far may Urtext go?
It is part and parcel of the idea of a … Continue reading
How much verbal text can music tolerate?
A serious scholarly book publication can be recognized by the … Continue reading →