{"id":6566,"date":"2021-12-20T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T07:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.henle.de\/blog\/en\/?p=6566"},"modified":"2021-12-17T09:25:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T08:25:28","slug":"christmas-blog-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/2021\/12\/20\/christmas-blog-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Blog Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Johann_Kuhnau-mit-Maske.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6572 \" src=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Johann_Kuhnau-mit-Maske.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Johann_Kuhnau-mit-Maske.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Johann_Kuhnau-mit-Maske-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Johann_Kuhnau-mit-Maske-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/a> The Covid pandemic is, alas, still controlling large portions of the world, which means that the Advent and Christmas season is once again being marred by the many cancelled concerts. We keep our fingers crossed that by spring 2022 we shall be seeing a recovery, especially for those working in the arts and culture.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Felix_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy_mit-Mutze.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6570 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Felix_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy_mit-Mutze.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Felix_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy_mit-Mutze.jpg 1045w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Felix_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy_mit-Mutze-163x300.jpg 163w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Felix_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy_mit-Mutze-556x1024.jpg 556w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Felix_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy_mit-Mutze-768x1413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Felix_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy_mit-Mutze-835x1536.jpg 835w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a>s has been the situation in 2021 when Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns was particularly the focus, occasioned by the 100<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of his death, so we can anticipate celebrating as well several anniversaries in the coming year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Johann Kuhnau: 300<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of his death<\/li>\n<li>C\u00e9sar Franck: 200<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of his birth<\/li>\n<li>Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: 175<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of his death<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Scriabin: 150<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of his birth<\/li>\n<li>Johannes Brahms: 125<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of his death<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It goes without saying that \u2013 besides focussing on the string quartet \u2013 these anniversaries will be considered when choosing topics for our blog posts, something to which you can now look forward.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/skrjabin-mit-Maske.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6573 \" src=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/skrjabin-mit-Maske.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/skrjabin-mit-Maske.jpg 1614w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/skrjabin-mit-Maske-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/skrjabin-mit-Maske-655x1024.jpg 655w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/skrjabin-mit-Maske-768x1200.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/skrjabin-mit-Maske-983x1536.jpg 983w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/skrjabin-mit-Maske-1311x2048.jpg 1311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 117px) 100vw, 117px\" \/><\/a>Apropos anniversaries: Our blog has just turned 10! Since publishing the first two texts on 30 November 2011, we have been posting every fortnight on major topics relating to music editions, be they regarding specific philological questions, problems of source situation and scoring, or pertaining also to the Henle programme.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/brahms_mit-Mutze-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6569 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/brahms_mit-Mutze-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/brahms_mit-Mutze-scaled.jpg 1875w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/brahms_mit-Mutze-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/brahms_mit-Mutze-750x1024.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/brahms_mit-Mutze-768x1048.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/brahms_mit-Mutze-1125x1536.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/brahms_mit-Mutze-1500x2048.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a>Regrettably, none of the just mentioned anniversary composers wrote a new Christmas oratorio, but there are smaller compositions for Christmas, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H48SBId3CMQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brahms\u2019s <em>Geistliches Wiegenlied<\/em><\/a> [Sacred Lullaby] from the <em>Zwei Ges\u00e4ngen f\u00fcr eine Altstimme mit Bratsche und Pianoforte <\/em>[Two Songs for Alto with Viola and Piano] op. 91, in which the viola intones in its introduction the ancient Christmas lied \u201cJosef, lieber Josef mein, hilf mir wieg\u2019n mein Kindlein fein [Joseph, dear, Joseph, mine, help me rock my baby fine]\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We wish our readers happy holidays and all the best in the New Year.<\/p>\n<p>Your Henle blog\u2019s team of authors<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Franck_Cesar-mit-Mutze.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6571 \" src=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Franck_Cesar-mit-Mutze.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Franck_Cesar-mit-Mutze.jpg 472w, https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/files\/2021\/12\/Franck_Cesar-mit-Mutze-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 107px) 100vw, 107px\" \/><\/a>Norbert Gertsch<br \/>\nPeter Jost<br \/>\nNorbert M\u00fcllemann<br \/>\nAnnette Oppermann<br \/>\nDominik Rahmer<br \/>\nWolf-Dieter Seiffert<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Covid pandemic is, alas, still controlling large portions of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/2021\/12\/20\/christmas-blog-post\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[776],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6566"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6574,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6566\/revisions\/6574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}