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Gong, tamtam or cymbal crash? – Gershwin’s ‘Concerto in F’ as work in progress
You know George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto and the famous place … Continue reading
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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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Setting, version, arrangement – how far may Urtext go?
It is part and parcel of the idea of a … Continue reading
What’s the shelf life of Urtext? Revising at Henle publishers
When you look carefully at our recent publications you’ll also … Continue reading
Posted in Ballades (Chopin), Beethoven, Ludwig van, Brahms, Johannes, Chopin, Frédéric, G. Henle Publishers, Grand Fugue op. 134 (Beethoven), Monday Postings, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, new source, revision, Schumann, Robert, Toccata op. 7 (Schumann), Urtext
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‘Fontana’s version’ – genuine Chopin?
A glance at the table of contents in our Urtext … Continue reading
Posted in Chopin, Frédéric, Monday Postings, piano solo, Urtext, variant reading, versions, Waltzes (Chopin)
Tagged Chopin, Fontana, versions
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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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Debussy: to finger or not to finger…? Why we are adding fingering in the “Études”
In summer 1915 in the solitude of Pourville, the small … Continue reading
Posted in Debussy, Claude, Douze Études (Debussy), Monday Postings, piano solo, Urtext
Tagged Chopin, Couperin, Debussy, Études, fingering, piano, Rameau
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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
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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Sometimes you have to dig deeper! Or: What the violist should really play in Hoffmeister’s concerto.
Most violists groan whenever the names Hoffmeister and Stamitz are … Continue reading
Posted in articulation, copy, dynamics, Hoffmeister, Franz Anton, Monday Postings, piano + viola, Urtext, versions, Viola Concerto (Hoffmeister)
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