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A tear for or from Rossini?
November 13 marks the 150th anniversary of Gioacchino Rossini’s death, … Continue reading
Rachmaninoff revises Rachmaninoff. On the two versions of the Second Piano Sonata op. 36
In my last blog posting I went into the genesis … Continue reading
From sketch to first edition: the (almost) seamless source documentation of Edward Elgar’s violin sonata
Many Urtext editions and their sources cross the desk of … Continue reading
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Debussy in Urtext – Part 5: Corrections in the galley proofs for the piano piece “Masques”
Needless to say, every editor of an Urtext edition wishes … Continue reading
Posted in Debussy, Claude, Maques (Debussy), Monday Postings, piano solo, Sources, Urtext
Tagged Debussy, Masques, sources
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s Potpourri op. 94 for Viola and Orchestra – for your kind attention!
To my great joy, this year and last year the … Continue reading
Debussy in Urtext – Part 4: Autograph corrections in chamber-music works
It goes without saying that the focus would be on … Continue reading
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Tagged Debussy, variant reading
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The première of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Sonata op. 36
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Saratov, Smolensk, Voronezh – what do … Continue reading
The “Picardy” major third in Chopin’s incredibly sad c-sharp minor Nocturne
What a liberating, even redemptive impact that the unexpected major … Continue reading
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Debussy in Urtext – Part 3: Debussy’s recordings of his piano music
Editors of Urtext editions have added a new medium as … Continue reading