Category Archives: variant reading

“… more or less at the most extreme limit of what can be achieved on the piano”: Busoni arranges Bach

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Norbert Müllemann

The second edition naming the two composers, Bach · Busoni, … Continue reading →

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A peek through the keyhole – Bartók’s “Allegro barbaro” as forerunner of the complete edition

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Annette Oppermann

With Béla Bartók, we have added a new composer to … Continue reading →

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The “parallel passage” – handle with care…

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Dominik Rahmer

If the ideal goal of a critical Urtext edition may … Continue reading →

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Tristan at Troldhaugen – interesting finds in Grieg’s “Lyric Pieces”

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Dominik Rahmer

Among the most popular and successful of Edvard Grieg’s compositions … Continue reading →

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An amusing story and a serious problem – On Mendelssohn’s first concert piece for clarinet, basset horn and piano

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Peter Jost

For composers, commissions or dedications of works could pay off, … Continue reading →

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Scarlatti Sonatas, Volume IV – the ultimate choice

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Norbert Müllemann

Though Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) was indeed born the same year … Continue reading →

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Composing made easy? On Erik Satie’s ‘Nocturnes’

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Peter Jost

It was not without good reason that the label ‘outsider’ … Continue reading →

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‘It is G! Bravo, and a thousand thanks.’ Günter Henle’s guestbook (and a wrong note in Beethoven)

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

The violinist Yehudi Menuhin was without question amongst Günter Henle’s … Continue reading →

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Where does the key/clef go? About a problematic passage in Schumann’s F-major string quartet

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Peter Jost

Fans of the humourist Wilhelm Busch will certainly be reminded … Continue reading →

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D or C♯? What does Ravel want the violinist to play in “Tzigane”?

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Peter Jost

Maurice Ravel’s concert rhapsody “Tzigane” is known to exist in … Continue reading →

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