Author Archives: Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

On Mozart’s ‘second naïveté’ (Alfred Einstein)

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

I can’t recall when I first read Alfred Einstein’s Mozart … Continue reading →

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“Gabriellas sång” by Brahms?

Posted on September 11, 2023 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Whilst preparing for a lecture on the Johannes Brahms piano … Continue reading →

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An annoying mini-error in Mozart’s Violin Concerto K. 219

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Recently, David Perry, a Canadian violinist, criticised what he considered … Continue reading →

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An unknown Haydn quote by Brahms?

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Here’s a situation familiar to music lovers: By chance you … Continue reading →

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“Latest news about Mozart’s piano sonata in A major, K. 331”

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

“All good things come in threes” – this phrase came … Continue reading →

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Schumann’s metronome markings in his “Kinderszenen”. Opportunity, not nuisance.

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

“You cannot define tempo. Tempo has no existence of its … Continue reading →

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G sharp or G? About a bass trill in Schubert’s A-flat-major Impromptu D 935, No. 2

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Franz Schubert‘s piano music is almost an infinitely magical wonderland. … Continue reading →

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Attempt at re-dating Mozart’s three popular “Quartet-Divertimenti”, K. 136–138

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

In conjunction with my Urtextausgabe of the well-known and much-played … Continue reading →

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“Bozen this pigsty”. Why there’s no “Bozen string quartet” by Mozart.

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

When for the third and last time at the end … Continue reading →

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Part 3: Beethoven from the artist’s perspective

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Starting from Beethoven Feature Films (1), then going to Beethoven … Continue reading →

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