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‘Finished in Vysoká at a nice little hour’– new finds in Dvořák’s A-major piano quintet op. 81
The piano quintet is, so to speak, in the “super … Continue reading
France sets the tone – new Urtext editions in the “blue jersey”
It isn’t only with the European Football Championship 2016 that … Continue reading
The “parallel passage” – handle with care…
If the ideal goal of a critical Urtext edition may … Continue reading
Posted in articulation, autograph, first edition, Grieg, Edvard, Monday Postings, piano solo, variant reading
Tagged Grieg, Peer Gynt suite, variants
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Tristan at Troldhaugen – interesting finds in Grieg’s “Lyric Pieces”
Among the most popular and successful of Edvard Grieg’s compositions … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Grieg, Edvard, Lyric Pieces (Grieg), Monday Postings, piano solo, sketches, variant reading
Tagged accidentals, Grieg, piano, variants
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D or C♯? What does Ravel want the violinist to play in “Tzigane”?
Maurice Ravel’s concert rhapsody “Tzigane” is known to exist in … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Chantal Juillet, Monday Postings, Pascal Rogé, piano + violin, Ravel, Maurice, variant reading
Tagged "Tzigane", HN 587, Ravel, urtext, variants, violin
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A wrong ‘D’ goes out into the world – Rachmaninoff’s Prélude in c sharp minor under the magnifying glass
The last blog posting on 6 January has already let … Continue reading
Hit and miss? – A purportedly wrong note in Beethoven’s Sonata op. 14 no. 2
For almost ten years now I’ve been working with Murray … Continue reading
How an original Mozart A flat escaped from the dust. On the slow movement of the C- minor Piano Sonata K. 457
Very vividly I recall the Mozart sensation of the year … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, first edition, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, piano solo, revision, Urtext, variant reading
Tagged facsimile, Mozart, piano sonata, variants
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How the (cradle) song ends: what is the final tone of Fauré’s Berceuse?
Gabriel Fauré’s Berceuse op. 16, a captivating miniature for violin … Continue reading
Posted in Berceuse op. 16 (Fauré), Fauré, Gabriel, first edition, Monday Postings, notation, piano + violin
Tagged Berceuse, Fauré, harmonics, notation, variants
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“La dernière pensée musicale de Chopin” – a Sham?
Mystery swirls around Chopin’s Mazurka in f minor, op. post. … Continue reading
Posted in Chopin, Frédéric, Mazurka op. post. 68 nr. 4 (Chopin), Monday Postings, piano solo, sketches, versions
Tagged Chopin, Fontana, Franchomme, Mazurka, variants, versions
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