"Instructional" editions
Posted: 11 Apr 2018, 15:15
Is there still a place for these in today's Urtext world?
I own the Henle Bach WTC but frequently refer back to Bruno Mugellini's edition for suggestions on fingering, phrasing, and interpretation. The same with Schnabel's Beethoven, even though I own the Schenker.
With all the strides we've made in period performance practice and research since many of these early 20th-century editions have come out, can a case be made for a modern revival of these editions?
I own the Henle Bach WTC but frequently refer back to Bruno Mugellini's edition for suggestions on fingering, phrasing, and interpretation. The same with Schnabel's Beethoven, even though I own the Schenker.
With all the strides we've made in period performance practice and research since many of these early 20th-century editions have come out, can a case be made for a modern revival of these editions?