Tag Archives: string quartet

Bartók’s String Quartets: from the score to the individual parts

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Annette Oppermann

A quintessential feature of the Henle Urtext editions is the … 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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Newly discovered 20th-century classics: Bartók’s six String Quartets in the Complete Edition

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Annette Oppermann

The Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition that since 2017 the … Continue reading →

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From the First to the Second Vienna School: 20th-century string quartets in the Henle catalogue

Posted on July 19, 2022 by Dominik Rahmer

Henle is dedicating 2022 to a specific genre: under the … Continue reading →

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An unknown Haydn quote by Brahms?

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Here’s a situation familiar to music lovers: By chance you … Continue reading →

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A Milestone in Music History: Schoenberg’s 2nd String Quartet op. 10

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Peter Jost

Arnold Schoenberg, in his letter thanking well-wishers on his 75th … Continue reading →

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Four parts, many questions: on the editing of string quartets

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Annette Oppermann

Well-disposed visitors to our various digital platforms already know that … Continue reading →

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On a terribly wrong dynamic marking in the first movement of K. 499

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

In my last blog posting I reported on my current, … Continue reading →

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“It’s all so wonderful!” On the new edition of Mozart’s string quartets

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

A few weeks ago I began editorial work on a … 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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