Category Archives: variant reading

The elders’ errors tenaciously persist. On the violin solo entry in Mozart’s D-major Violin Concerto, K. 218

Posted on October 14, 2024 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

As Urtext editors, we could sometimes despair: we’re offering the … Continue reading →

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Schönberg’s “Verklärte Nacht” in a special kind of Urtext edition

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Annette Oppermann

Arnold Schönberg’s 150th birthday is duly being celebrated by Henle: … Continue reading →

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Elgar’s Serenade for Strings: spring sunshine garbed in Henle Urtext. Interview with Rupert Marshall-Luck

Posted on February 12, 2024 by Norbert Müllemann

The start of 2024 is a special moment for the … Continue reading →

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Christmas Blog Post

Posted on December 23, 2023 by publisher

Unlike Johann Sebastian Bach, whose Christmas Oratorio and numerous Advent … Continue reading →

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‘Every year again’ as a new chance

Posted on December 11, 2023 by Annette Oppermann

Not annually like the Christ Child, but every few years … Continue reading →

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No end to Rachmaninoff in sight: several annotations to opp. 3 and 16

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Dominik Rahmer

Perhaps – despite the anniversary year – I’m rather overdoing … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, Sergei! A fresh look at Rachmaninoff’s Préludes for his 150th birthday

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Dominik Rahmer

In the Henle blog we have already published several posts … Continue reading →

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“An expression of his deeply shaken soul” – Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s String Quartet in F minor on the 175th anniversary of his death

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Dominik Rahmer

Our Henle blog this year has largely dealt with two … Continue reading →

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G sharp or G? About a bass trill in Schubert’s A-flat-major Impromptu D 935, No. 2

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Franz Schubert‘s piano music is almost an infinitely magical wonderland. … Continue reading →

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‘Finished in Vysoká at a nice little hour’– new finds in Dvořák’s A-major piano quintet op. 81

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Dominik Rahmer

The piano quintet is, so to speak, in the “super … Continue reading →

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