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| On 3 December 2025 it is the 100th anniversary of the premiere of George Gershwin’s piano concerto, the Concerto in F, which took place at Carnegie Hall in New York.
We wanted to celebrate this centenary, as we have published the first critical » Urtext edition of this groundbreaking work with its strong jazz influence – prepared to the highest standard for performance – together with Breitkopf & Härtel.
And just a few days ago, the moment finally arrived – not in New York, but in Munich. The concerto was performed with Marc-André Hamelin at the piano, under the motto “We got rhythm”. You can listen to the recording – the link is included in the following newsletter, along with some impressions from the evening.
Just as we did with Gershwin’s work five years ago, today we are once again releasing newly edited and meticulously produced publications of the highest quality into the musical world. You can read about them in this newsletter. We hope you enjoy these ones, too!
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| With very best wishes,
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| Dr. Norbert Gertsch
| Managing Director
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| | | | Etude c sharp minor op. 42 no. 5 | | Valentina Rubcova (Editor), Boris Giltburg (Fingering)
Urtext Edition, paperbound
HN 1677
The Eight Etudes op. 42 by Alexander Scriabin were composed during a phase of great productivity. The c-sharp minor Etude no. 5 is the central star of this collection and an exemplary virtuoso piece. Scriabin himself spoke of it as “an etude that in power and grandeur surpasses the Third Symphony” – reason enough to place it as an affordable individual edition alongside the complete volume.
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| | | Iberia, Book I–IV | |
| Norbert Gertsch (Editor)
Urtext Edition, paperbound
HN 1678
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| | | | Hungarian Rhapsody no. 10 | |
| Peter Jost (Editor), Mária Eckhardt (Preface), Vincenzo Maltempo (Fingering)
HN 1664
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| | | | Piano Sonata A major op. post. 120 D 664 | | Dominik Rahmer (Editor), Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl (Preface), Martin Helmchen (Fingering)
Urtext Edition, paperbound
revised edition
HN 1559
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| | | | Flute Sonata D major op. 94 | | Dominik Rahmer (Editor), Simon Morrison (Preface), Charles Owen (Fingering)
Urtext Edition, paperbound
HN 1623
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| | | | 40 Etudes for Violoncello solo op. 31 | | Annette Oppermann (Editor), Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt (Fingering, Advisor)
Urtext Edition, paperbound
HN 1519
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| | Anniversary of George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto | |
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| On 25 November 2025, on our initiative and with our support, » Gershwin’s Piano Concerto was performed as the grand finale of a special concert by the Bayerische Staatsorchester(Bavarian State Orchestra). The pianist that evening, Marc-André Hamelin, has contributed fingerings to many editions by our publishing house. The concert was conducted by the orchestra’s General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski and held under the motto “We got rhythm”. Alongside Gershwin, works by Leonard Bernstein and Morton Gould were also performed. It was a magnificient evening full of lively American flair and broadcast live on the radio.
Our congratulations and thanks go to the soloists, the conductor and the Bayerische Staatsorchester!
You can listen to the recording by the Bayerischer Rundfunk » here.
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| | | | Gift idea | | Can you find the pairs of cards in this memory game? The Henle memory game “Musical instruments” combines searching for pairs of cards with a puzzle. Place paired cards side by side to assemble images of musical instruments – from the organ and harmonica to castanets.
A musical gift in a high-quality box with magnetic closure, for 2–8 players aged 8 years and up.
This unique game is available exclusively from G. Henle Publishers.
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