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A manuscript conundrum – the autograph of Gabriel Fauré’s violin sonata, Op. 13

Autograph manuscripts of musical works have an aura all their … Continue reading

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Too much access! – Isaac Albéniz revises his Iberia cycle

Editors of sheet music are not alone in suffering from … Continue reading

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Will versus Caprice. On the the closing measures of Robert Schumann’s C-major Fantasy op. 17

What you can see here is the last page of … Continue reading

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‘Play it again’ – is a repeat sign missing in Brahms’ Paganini Variations?

Some time ago we received an interesting query from a … Continue reading

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“Rock” or “stone”? Schumann’s text changes in “Liederkreis” op. 39 on poems by Joseph von Eichendorff

You know the Lorelei? You know that from the high … Continue reading

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Hit and miss? – A purportedly wrong note in Beethoven’s Sonata op. 14 no. 2

For almost ten years now I’ve been working with Murray … Continue reading

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Going down, coming up or on the up and up? – stumbling block in Erik Satie’s ‘2ème Gymnopédie’

At first sight Urtext editions of Satie’s piano music do … Continue reading

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On the lookout for the lost measure: Bach’s C-major Prelude from the Well-Tempered Clavier I

Those in the know among our readers will be aware … Continue reading

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The “Creation” starting from scratch: Joseph Haydn’s sketches in the Complete Edition

It is probably well enough known that in the G. … Continue reading

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How an original Mozart A flat escaped from the dust. On the slow movement of the C- minor Piano Sonata K. 457

Very vividly I recall the Mozart sensation of the year … Continue reading

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