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Happy birthday, Sergei! A fresh look at Rachmaninoff’s Préludes for his 150th birthday
In the Henle blog we have already published several posts … Continue reading
Posted in Monday Postings, piano solo, Rachmaninoff, Sergei, variant reading
Tagged accidentals, Préludes, Rachmaninoff
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Labyrinthine paths: in search of Janáček’s Urtext
No, the title is not a typo. The recently published … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Janácek, Leos, Monday Postings, piano solo, proof copy, revision
Tagged Janáček, On an Overgrown Path, revision
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Christmas blog
War, energy shortages, inflation – alas, no end to the … Continue reading
Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian, Gounod, Charles, Monday Postings, piano + voice, versions
Tagged ave maria, Bach, Christmas blog, Gounod
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An annoying mini-error in Mozart’s Violin Concerto K. 219
Recently, David Perry, a Canadian violinist, criticised what he considered … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, notation, revision, violin + orchestra
Tagged Mozart, revision, Violin Concerto
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An ambiguous passage in Brahms’s Vier ernste Gesänge op. 121
A guest contribution by Johannes Behr from the Johannes Brahms … Continue reading
“Latest news about Mozart’s piano sonata in A major, K. 331”
“All good things come in threes” – this phrase came … Continue reading
Posted in copy, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, new source, piano solo, Piano Sonata K. 331 (W.A. Mozart), Urtext
Tagged K. 331
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Schumann’s metronome markings in his “Kinderszenen”. Opportunity, not nuisance.
“You cannot define tempo. Tempo has no existence of its … Continue reading
Posted in Monday Postings, piano solo, Schumann, Robert, tempo
Tagged Kinderszenen op. 15
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An Urtext edition of Elgar’s Violin Chansons: What does an editor do when there is nothing to edit?
The question posed in the title of my blog post … Continue reading
Posted in dynamics, Elgar, Edward, first edition, Monday Postings, piano + violin
Tagged Chanson de matin, Chanson de nuit
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Refinement or oversight? On two passages in Fauré’s 1st Piano Quartet op. 15
Fauré is known for his refined tonal language, with the … Continue reading
Posted in Fauré, Gabriel, Monday Postings, piano quartet, Urtext
Tagged Piano Quartet op. 15
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