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Category Archives: Instrumentation
Without words, but with a foreword – what’s new on Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise”
Looking at the topics of the by now more than … Continue reading
A “new” Mozart work. On the c-minor “Fantasy” (K. 396/385f) in its original setting for violin and piano
In the year 1821 three distinguished personalities met in Weimar: … Continue reading
Clarinet – Oboe – Horn. New chamber music by Carl Nielsen on the Henle agenda
Carl Nielsen (1865–1931) is probably best known as a prominent … Continue reading
Best until… How long does an accidental last?
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 accidentals, autograph, Bach, BWV 1030, flute sonata, HN 269, HN 64, inventions
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‘Servant of two masters’ – when the editor is caught between two composers
The basic idea behind an Urtext edition is well known; … Continue reading
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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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