Category Archives: versions

Rachmaninoff revises Rachmaninoff. On the two versions of the Second Piano Sonata op. 36

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Dominik Rahmer

In my last blog posting I went into the genesis … Continue reading →

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Confusion about Chopin’s Scherzi – episode 4

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Norbert Müllemann

At the beginning of the year I reported on my … Continue reading →

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What?! Is it already Christmas now? New Bartók titles at Henle

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Annette Oppermann

Of course not, Christmas is out of the question only … Continue reading →

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Haydn’s complete cello concertos at Henle: 3, 8, 5 or 2?

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Annette Oppermann

To the question of how many cello concertos Joseph Haydn … Continue reading →

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A “bad apple” in Camille Saint-Saëns’ 2nd cello sonata?

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Peter Jost

Saint-Saëns was likely far from the “genius thinking” of romanticism. … 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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‘Pour Piano et Violon ou Violoncelle’ – Is there a cello sonata by César Franck?

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Peter Jost

In connection with the general blog post by Dominik Rahmer … Continue reading →

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Wieniawski’s Scherzo-Tarantella, op. 16: Structural designs for a synthesis between a tarantella and a scherzo?

Posted on October 14, 2013 by gast

As noted in the Preface to the Henle edition of … Continue reading →

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A forgery? And if so, by whom? On the closing bars in Mozart’s Wind Quintet K. 452

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

The autograph of Mozart’s piano quintet for piano and four … Continue reading →

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‘Silent Night’ revisited

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Norbert Müllemann

A blog entry on 24 December – how could it … Continue reading →

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