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Listeners are also only human
Observations on the necessity of body language in piano playing … Continue reading
Posted in Alfred Brendel, Beethoven, Ludwig van, Hungarian Rhapsody (Liszt), Lang Lang, Liszt, Franz, Marc-André Hamelin, Monday Postings, piano solo, Piano Sonata op. 31 nr. 3 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 7 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 81a Les Adieux (Beethoven), Victor Borge
Tagged Beethoven, body language, Hungarian Rhapsody, interpretation, Liszt, piano, piano player, piano sonata
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The lord of the low tones – Tobias Glöckler in conversation about Dragonetti’s “Famous Solo”
The double bass entered the Henle publishers’ catalogue a few … Continue reading
Posted in Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von, double bass, Double Bass Concerto (Dittersdorf), Double Bass Concerto (Hoffmeister), Dragonetti, Domenico, Famous Solo (Dragonetti), Hoffmeister, Franz Anton, Monday Postings, Tobias Glöckler, Urtext
Tagged Dittersdorf, Double bass, Dragonetti, Famous solo, Hoffmeister, orchestral tuning, Saint-Saëns, solo tuning, Tobias Glöckler, urtext, Viennese tuning
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Deluxe for the continuo group
What music do continuo players play from? This question might … Continue reading
Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian, Monday Postings, notation, Urtext
Tagged Bach, basso continuo, HN 554, urtext
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D or C♯? What does Ravel want the violinist to play in “Tzigane”?
Maurice Ravel’s concert rhapsody “Tzigane” is known to exist in … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Chantal Juillet, Monday Postings, Pascal Rogé, piano + violin, Ravel, Maurice, variant reading
Tagged "Tzigane", HN 587, Ravel, urtext, variants, violin
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A wrong ‘D’ goes out into the world – Rachmaninoff’s Prélude in c sharp minor under the magnifying glass
The last blog posting on 6 January has already let … Continue reading
Corelli, La Folia and Rachmaninoff’s Variations, Op. 42
In May and June 1931 Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his famous … Continue reading
Christmas Blog
Dear Reader, we most warmly thank you today for your … Continue reading
Posted in Bach, Johann Sebastian, chorus + orchestra, General, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Tagged Bach, Christmas, Christmas Oratorio
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Why facsimiles, actually?
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 autograph, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, facsimile, Liszt, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann
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HN 555 – A printing error in CPE Bach’s sonata for solo flute?
These days our latest Urtext product comes from the printer, … Continue reading
‘Pour Piano et Violon ou Violoncelle’ – Is there a cello sonata by César Franck?
In connection with the general blog post by Dominik Rahmer … Continue reading