Tag Archives: autograph

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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‘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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Don’t miss a beat! The first movement of Saint-Saëns’ 2nd piano concerto

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Peter Jost

As editors we are occasionally confronted with questions that at … Continue reading →

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France sets the tone – new Urtext editions in the “blue jersey”

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Dominik Rahmer

It isn’t only with the European Football Championship 2016 that … Continue reading →

Posted in articulation, Chausson, Ernest, Fauré, Gabriel, horn, Monday Postings, Morceau de Concert op. 94 (Saint-Saëns), piano + horn, Ravel, Maurice, Saint-Saëns, Camille, variant reading | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

A Bohemian in America: Is Dvořák’s String Quartet in F Major wrongly accented?

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Peter Jost

Antonín Dvořák, director of the National Conservatory of Music in … Continue reading →

Posted in accent, articulation, autograph, Dvořák, Antonín, first edition, G. Henle Publishers, Monday Postings, notation, Pražák Quartett, string quartet, String Quartet F major op. 96 (American Quartet) (Dvořák) | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

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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Best until… How long does an accidental last?

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Norbert Müllemann

Today’s musicians tend to react to the above question with … Continue reading →

Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian, flute solo, Flute Sonata BWV 1030 (J.S. Bach), Monday Postings, notation | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Why facsimiles, actually?

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Annette Oppermann

The blue Urtext editions certainly amount to the lion’s share … Continue reading →

Posted in autograph, facsimile, G. Henle Publishers, Monday Postings, notation, Schubert, Franz, Violin Sonata op. 137 (Schubert) | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“Liebestod” revisited – yet more problems in Franz Liszt’s transcription of Wagner

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Dominik Rahmer

Some time ago we had previously devoted a blog post … Continue reading →

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Schubert deletes, Brahms restores. On the first of the three posthumous piano pieces (Impromptus) D 946 by Franz Schubert

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Schubert did not live to see the publication of his … Continue reading →

Posted in Andreas Staier, autograph, Brahms, Johannes, first edition, Impromptus D 946 (Schubert), Monday Postings, piano solo, Schubert, Franz, Sviatoslav Richter | Tagged , , , , , , | 13 Comments