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Author Archives: Dominik Rahmer
Wagner, Liszt, and Isolde ‘slurred’– how well do composers proofread their own works?
The current Wagner year is also not going unnoticed at … Continue reading
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Tagged arrangements, Liszt, proofreading, transcription, Tristan und Isolde, Wagner
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Brahms’s ‘Hungarian Dances’ – new finds in old sources
In 2011 the Brahms researcher Michael Struck made a striking … Continue reading
Setting, version, arrangement – how far may Urtext go?
It is part and parcel of the idea of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bach, Brahms, Fauré, instrumentation, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Schumann, versions
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‘Play it again’ – is a repeat sign missing in Brahms’ Paganini Variations?
Some time ago we received an interesting query from a … Continue reading
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Tagged Brahms, notation, Paganini, piano, repeat, variation
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Debussy: to finger or not to finger…? Why we are adding fingering in the “Études”
In summer 1915 in the solitude of Pourville, the small … Continue reading
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
Alta Viola – Twice is better
Descriptions of musical instruments in older musical prints and manuscripts … Continue reading