Category Archives: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

“Lunga e laboriosa fattica” – Attempting to interpret Mozart’s c-minor trio from the String Quartet K. 465/iii

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

When the composer’s autograph manuscript of a music work is … Continue reading →

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B(e) sharp – what would you play in Mozart’s piano variations K. 265?

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Dominik Rahmer

Mozart over and over again: In the last blog two … Continue reading →

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Non-stop “lombardic” rhythm? On a minute text problem in Mozart’s d-minor String Quartet K. 421

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

The exceptionally lighthearted D-major Trio of the Menuetto in Mozart’s … Continue reading →

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The charm of the unsettling. A special autograph correction of Mozart’s in the finale of the F-major string quartet K. 590

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Mozart connoisseurs and admirers know of course about what is … Continue reading →

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Further new findings on the autograph of Mozart’s Piano Sonata in A major K. 331

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Regular readers of the Henle blog will recollect: My last … Continue reading →

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The music world will sit up and take notice! On the new Urtext edition of Mozart’s Piano Sonata in A Major KV 331

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

You presumably know Mozart’s A-major Piano Sonata KV 331 (with … Continue reading →

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On a terribly wrong dynamic marking in the first movement of K. 499

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

In my last blog posting I reported on my current, … Continue reading →

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“It’s all so wonderful!” On the new edition of Mozart’s string quartets

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

A few weeks ago I began editorial work on a … Continue reading →

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A “new” Mozart work. On the c-minor “Fantasy” (K. 396/385f) in its original setting for violin and piano

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

In the year 1821 three distinguished personalities met in Weimar: … Continue reading →

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A forgery? And if so, by whom? On the closing bars in Mozart’s Wind Quintet K. 452

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

The autograph of Mozart’s piano quintet for piano and four … Continue reading →

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