Category Archives: Works

Confusion surrounding Chopin’s Scherzi – episodes 2 & 3

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Norbert Müllemann

In my blog post of 21 March 2016, I lamented … Continue reading →

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The many footnotes of Rosamunde

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Annette Oppermann

All good things come in threes – this is also … Continue reading →

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“Lunga e laboriosa fattica” – Attempting to interpret Mozart’s c-minor trio from the String Quartet K. 465/iii

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

When the composer’s autograph manuscript of a music work is … Continue reading →

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Viva la música española – Spanish music in Henle Urtext Editions

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Peter Jost

Emerging in the 19th century in nearly all of Europe … Continue reading →

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“A Little Spring Melody”– finally in Urtext!

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Norbert Müllemann

Many a reader will be thinking, I must be mistaken … Continue reading →

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Tempest – Les Adieux – Hammerklavier. Sense and nonsense regarding the names given to Beethoven’s piano sonatas, Part 2

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Norbert Gertsch

In the first part of my blog on the famous … Continue reading →

Posted in Beethoven, Ludwig van, genesis, Monday Postings, piano solo, Piano Sonata op. 7 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 90 (Beethoven) | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

‘But it says in the autograph…’ – on a frequently posed question about our Urtext editions

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Annette Oppermann

Are you also one of those manuscript hunters on the … Continue reading →

Posted in articulation, autograph, Brahms, Johannes, Monday Postings, Urtext, violin + orchestra, Violin Concerto (Brahms) | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Non-stop “lombardic” rhythm? On a minute text problem in Mozart’s d-minor String Quartet K. 421

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

The exceptionally lighthearted D-major Trio of the Menuetto in Mozart’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Jerusalem String Quartet, Juilliard Quartet, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, rhythm, string quartet, String Quartet K. 421 (W.A. Mozart) | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

“The future lion is already showing its paws” – The revision of Beethoven’s piano variations, volume 1

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Peter Jost

G. Henle publishing house is well known for putting its … Continue reading →

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Tempest – Les Adieux – Hammerklavier. Sense and nonsense regarding the names given to Beethoven’s piano sonatas

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Norbert Gertsch

It’s so much easier to say “The Tempest”, “Pathétique” and … Continue reading →

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