Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas: Setting the New Performance Standard

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven’s ten violin sonatas are among the most famous works of chamber music history and represent, together with Mozart’s works for this instrument duo, the core of violin repertoire from the Viennese Classicist period. Though composed in a short span in Beethoven’s creative life (nine of the ten were written... Continue Reading →

What is an Urtext Edition?

by Kevin Harper We’ve all seen the term “Urtext Edition” when shopping for sheet music. But what does that mean? How is it different from other sheet music? Let’s begin with the definition of “Urtext”. Germans famously love to combine separate words into one long word. In this case, we have the German words Ur... Continue Reading →

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