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“Latest news about Mozart’s piano sonata in A major, K. 331”
“All good things come in threes” – this phrase came … Continue reading
Posted in copy, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, new source, piano solo, Piano Sonata K. 331 (W.A. Mozart), Urtext
Tagged K. 331
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An Urtext edition of Elgar’s Violin Chansons: What does an editor do when there is nothing to edit?
The question posed in the title of my blog post … Continue reading
Posted in dynamics, Elgar, Edward, first edition, Monday Postings, piano + violin
Tagged Chanson de matin, Chanson de nuit
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Excess and empty space: Text variants in Dvořák’s Cello Concerto op. 104
Antonín Dvořák’s Cello Concerto op. 104 may be a special … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, copy, Dvořák, Antonín, genesis, Monday Postings
Tagged Cello Concerto op. 104
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“…probably the best of Dvořák that I’m acquainted with.” What’s worth knowing about the Wind Serenade in d minor op. 44
Even though recently the focus of attention owing to their … Continue reading
‘Finished in Vysoká at a nice little hour’– new finds in Dvořák’s A-major piano quintet op. 81
The piano quintet is, so to speak, in the “super … Continue reading
“Bozen this pigsty”. Why there’s no “Bozen string quartet” by Mozart.
When for the third and last time at the end … Continue reading
Posted in autograph, Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, string quartet
Tagged K. 155-160, Mozart
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Abandoned, alas! – Beethoven’s unfinished works
In the run-up to the Beethoven anniversary year, I kept … Continue reading
Posted in Beethoven, Ludwig van, Monday Postings, sketches
Tagged Beethoven, unfinished
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Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier” sonata – The stony path to a reliable music text
Almost exactly 20 years ago – as I had just … Continue reading
“Beethoven Complete” – part 2: from the Old to the New Complete Edition
A few weeks ago my colleague Annette Oppermann reported on … Continue reading
Posted in Beethoven, Ludwig van, Monday Postings, Sources
Tagged AGA, compete edition, NGA
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“Beethoven Complete” yesterday and today – from the beginnings of the Beethoven complete edition(s) in the 19th century
Only what we have as whole, do we truly have … Continue reading
Posted in Beethoven, Ludwig van, Monday Postings, Sources
Tagged Beethoven, Breitkopf & Härtel, compete edition, Dunst, Haslinger, Zulehner
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