Category Archives: Works

If that’s not reason enough to celebrate: 300 years of WTC I!

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Annette Oppermann

2022 seems to be particularly rich in musical anniversaries: Even … Continue reading →

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Between two stools – a portrait of César Franck on his 200th birthday

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Peter Jost

César Franck, whose 200th birthday the music world is celebrating … 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 →

Posted in copy, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, new source, piano solo, Piano Sonata K. 331 (W.A. Mozart), Urtext | Tagged | 4 Comments

Dvořák’s “Gran Partita”? On the presumed model of his Wind Serenade in d minor op. 44

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Dominik Rahmer

In my last blog post I already reported on our … Continue reading →

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Bach-Busoni – a successful Henle series with sequels

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Norbert Müllemann

Another Bach-Busoni edition recently came on the music market as … Continue reading →

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“…probably the best of Dvořák that I’m acquainted with.” What’s worth knowing about the Wind Serenade in d minor op. 44

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Dominik Rahmer

Even though recently the focus of attention owing to their … Continue reading →

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Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy and the challenges of an Urtext edition

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Norbert Gertsch

In the already more than 70 years since the founding … Continue reading →

Posted in Claudius Tanski, Monday Postings, piano solo, Schubert, Franz, Wanderer Fantasy in C major op. 15 (Schubert) | 1 Comment

‘Finished in Vysoká at a nice little hour’– new finds in Dvořák’s A-major piano quintet op. 81

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Dominik Rahmer

The piano quintet is, so to speak, in the “super … Continue reading →

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A fresh look at Bach’s piano partitas

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Norbert Müllemann

Many readers (and pianists!) will already have noticed that we … Continue reading →

Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian, Monday Postings, piano solo, revision, Six Partitas BWV 825-830 (J.S. Bach) | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

On the way to the Romantic orchestra – the trombone in Beethoven’s symphonies

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Dominik Rahmer

Last May my colleague Norbert Gertsch dealt with Beethoven’s relationship … Continue reading →

Posted in Beethoven, Ludwig van, Instrumentation, Monday Postings, Three Equali for four Trombones WoO 30 (Beethoven) | Tagged , , | 1 Comment