Category Archives: variant reading

A wrong ‘D’ goes out into the world – Rachmaninoff’s Prélude in c sharp minor under the magnifying glass

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Dominik Rahmer

The last blog posting on 6 January has already let … Continue reading →

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Ossia and Da Capo – Confusion in Schumann’s Papillons, Op. 2

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Norbert Gertsch

Sometimes a conundrum can’t be solved, even when the source … Continue reading →

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Climax, more or less – e flat or e in Islamey?

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Norbert Gertsch

Mily Balakirev’s showpiece Islamey, already certified, so to speak, as … Continue reading →

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Correction or interpretation? – Johannes and Clara alter Robert’s music

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Peter Jost

Anyone practicing Robert Schumann’s In der Nacht, the fifth number … Continue reading →

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Commenting on a decisecond Bach – B or B flat in the B-flat major ‘Corrente’ BWV 825

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

A short time ago our attention was drawn to a … Continue reading →

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‘Come sopra’ – clearly ambiguous!

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Norbert Gertsch

The autograph of Beethoven’s piano sonata, Op. 90, is part … Continue reading →

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Gratis, but not for nothing – the download of the Lalo cello concerto

Posted on February 18, 2013 by publisher

Whilst browsing through the Henle publishers’ catalogue you may occasionally … Continue reading →

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Will versus Caprice. On the the closing measures of Robert Schumann’s C-major Fantasy op. 17

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

What you can see here is the last page of … Continue reading →

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‘Fontana’s version’ – genuine Chopin?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Norbert Müllemann

A glance at the table of contents in our Urtext … Continue reading →

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Hit and miss? – A purportedly wrong note in Beethoven’s Sonata op. 14 no. 2

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Norbert Gertsch

For almost ten years now I’ve been working with Murray … Continue reading →

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