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Category Archives: Monday Postings
Curiosity pays off. The genesis of Maurice Ravel’s piano ‘Sonatine’
In 2011 when I began preparing a new edition of … Continue reading
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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
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
So, how much bass do you want? Beethoven’s Sextet Op. 81b
Wouldn’t you wonder, too, if you saw a sextet on … Continue reading
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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
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Sometimes you have to dig deeper! Or: What the violist should really play in Hoffmeister’s concerto.
Most violists groan whenever the names Hoffmeister and Stamitz are … Continue reading
Missing bass octave in Debussy’s Prélude “Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest”?
Whether the Pope is infallible is anybody’s guess, but composers … Continue reading
Alta Viola – Twice is better
Descriptions of musical instruments in older musical prints and manuscripts … Continue reading
How does Chopin’s Second Ballade end?
Many pianists are familiar with the problem that there are … Continue reading
Beethoven, Für Elise WoO 59 – Do you strike the right note?
d or e – that is the question … when … Continue reading