{"id":2770,"date":"2015-05-25T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henle.de\/blog\/en\/?p=2770"},"modified":"2015-07-16T13:03:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T11:03:56","slug":"the-music-world-will-sit-up-and-take-notice-on-the-new-urtext-edition-of-mozart%e2%80%99s-piano-sonata-in-a-major-kv-331","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/2015\/05\/25\/the-music-world-will-sit-up-and-take-notice-on-the-new-urtext-edition-of-mozart%e2%80%99s-piano-sonata-in-a-major-kv-331\/","title":{"rendered":"The music world will sit up and take notice! On the new Urtext edition of Mozart\u2019s Piano Sonata in A Major KV 331"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You presumably know Mozart\u2019s A-major Piano Sonata KV 331<\/a> (with the \u201calla turca\u201d rondo). One of the best-known sonatas, if not THE best-known, of the entire piano repertoire. And yet it is the bitter truth that to this day we all play this famous sonata incorrectly, not in any event like Mozart wanted it. How so? Up to now there has been no single error-free music edition of this famous piece. The 19th<\/sup> century had garbled the sonata almost beyond recognition: Urtext editions of the 20th<\/sup> century (even ours so far) have essentially had to make use of the first edition (\u201copus 6\u201d in the Artaria publishing house, Vienna, 1784) as the best available basis for the text because Mozart\u2019s autograph (up to the last page of the \u201calla turca\u201d) was lost.<\/p>\n

\u201cWas\u201d \u2013 but now, for the sensational! In September 2014, Bal\u00e1zs Mikusi, Head of the Music Department in the National Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi Library<\/a> in Budapest, discovered a previously, totally-unknown double leaf<\/a> of the famous A-major sonata written entirely in Mozart\u2019s hand. It contains essential sections of the work (from the 3rd<\/sup> variation of movement 1, mm. 55 ff., up through m. 10 of the trio). Some of you will perhaps have followed the news coverage<\/a> of this sensational find.<\/p>\n

I was able to examine this Mozart autograph, study it intensively and make source comparisons \u2013 thanks to the generosity of Mr. Mikusi and his library. That\u2019s why a completely revised Henle Urtext edition of Mozart\u2019s A-major sonata will be available <\/strong>as of the beginning of June 2015. Then, essential sections of the sonata will exist for the first time in a well-grounded music text. And the music world will sit up and take notice: For a number of the notes have had to be corrected, innumerable details put straight. \u00a0On the other hand, the newly-found autograph will confirm that several places in the text of the first edition always considered \u201cproblematic\u201d were actually intended by Mozart.<\/p>\n

To go into detail is beyond the scope of this blog posting. A few days ago we recorded in the publishing house a video interview with Professor Bellheim<\/a> (artistic adviser for the new edition, who also provided the fingering) and myself (as editor). You will very soon be able to see this on our YouTube channel<\/a>. But mentioned here in the blog are at least two of the randomly singled-out spots \u2013 just \u201cto whet your appetite\u201d a bit:<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> movement, variation VI, Allegro, measure 116, last note in the left hand<\/em>: <\/em>Here in all modern editions is a wrong A-major chord in the lower register. According to the autograph, the single note A<\/em>1<\/sub> in the autograph is correct:<\/p>\n

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KV 331, 1st movement, mm. 114-116 (text to date taken from HN 50)<\/p><\/div>\n

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KV 331, 1st movement, mm. 115-116 (autograph excerpt; attention: right hand notated in c-clef!)<\/p><\/div>\n

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KV 331, 1st movment, mm. 114-116 (new text taken from HN 1300)<\/p><\/div>\n

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2nd<\/sup> movement, Menuetto, measure 3, last note in the right hand<\/em>: Here in all modern editions is a wrong quarter note c sharp<\/em>3<\/sup> (thus, also in the repeat in m. 33). According to the autograph it must be a<\/em>2<\/sup> (and with a full-measure slur):<\/p>\n

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KV 331, 2nd movement, mm. 1-4 (text to date taken from HN 50)<\/p><\/div>\n

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KV 331, 2nd movement, mm. 1-4 (autograph excerpt)<\/p><\/div>\n

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KV 331, 2nd movement, mm. 1-4 (new text taken from HN 1300)<\/p><\/div>\n

You can look forward to the new Urtext edition<\/a>. So, as already said: On sale<\/strong> as of the beginning of June 2015<\/strong> (and anyone who really wants to be completely in the know, can find on the Henle website a detailed discussion <\/a>of the \u201cnew\u201d autograph and other primary sources for KV 331).<\/p>\n

How popular especially the “Turkish March” is nowadays, is demonstrated by Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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