Violin video: Benjamin Schmid on Eugène Ysaÿe’s Sonatas op. 27 for Violin solo
“With his solo sonatas op. 27 Ysaÿe effectively invented a new genre for the violin.” Benjamin Schmid, a world-class violinist and professor in Salzburg is not only convinced of the epochal influence of this key work in violin solo works. He also points it out in the musical score in our Henle video.More »
Mozart21 – Urtext editions today
The publishing houses Breitkopf & Härtel and G. Henle Publishers are proud to present their cutting-edge Mozart Urtext editions for the 21st century under the title “Mozart21”. The project was launched at this year’s music fair in Frankfurt.More »
Bente now honorary president of VG Musikedition
The former CEO of G. Henle Publishers, Dr. Martin Bente, has been appointed honorary president of VG Musikedition. More »
Mily Balakirev’s showpiece Islamey, already certified, so to speak, as unplayable by the dedicatee Nikolai Rubinstein, is also still today amongst piano virtuosi’s most brilliant warhorses. Yet, it is just at the furious climax of the piece, singularly marked fff (in m. 314), that doubts arise about how to interpret the music text … More »
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10.06. Climax, more or less – e flat or e in Islamey? More »
27.05. Correction or interpretation? – Johannes and Clara alter Robert’s music More »
13.05. Commenting on a decisecond Bach – B or B flat in the B-flat major ‘Corrente’ BWV 825 More »
29.04. Totally, seriously – clearing it out is part of it! More »
“With his solo sonatas op. 27 Ysaÿe effectively invented a new genre for the violin.” Benjamin Schmid, a world-class violinist and professor in Salzburg is not only convinced of the epochal influence of this key work in violin solo works. 
The former CEO of G. Henle Publishers, Dr. Martin Bente, has been appointed honorary president of VG Musikedition. 
