1. Journal Articles
2. Contributions to Reference Works and Other Books
3. CD Booklets
4. Reviews

 

1. JOURNAL ARTICLES • ZEITSCHRIFTENARTIKEL

2022 BAILLOT
Wulfhorst 2022 = Wulfhorst, Martin. “Pierre Baillot: Against the Odds. Pierre Baillot Battled Against Financial Hardship and Suffered Personal Tragedy, Yet He Became a Leading Exponent of the 19th-Century French Violin School. Martin Wulfhorst Reveals His Importance as an Instrumentalist, Pedagogue and Composer.”  The Strad 133/1582 (Feb. 2022), pp. 38–45.
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2020 VIEUXTEMPS CADENZA
"Following the Clues: The Recent Discovery of Another Cadenza to the First Movement of Beethoven's Violin Concerto, Likely by Vieuxtemps, Sheds an Interesting Light on the Early Performance History of the Work." The Strad 131/1568 (Dec. 2020), pp. 32–37. ISSN 0039-2049
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2020 ORCHESTRAL PLAYING: TRANSFER EFFECTS
"Macht mich Orchesterspiel netter und klüger?" Tonart 4 (Sept. 2020), S. 49–50.
    Erläutert aussermusikalische Transfer-Effekte des gemeinschaftlichen Musizierens.
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2014 HINDEMITH
“Wer war Paul Hindemith: Versuch einer Neubewertung. Vortrag zum 50. Todestag.”  [Who was Paul Hindemith: an attempt at a reassessment. Lecture on occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death].
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2001 SPOHR AND THE METRONOME
"Louis Spohr and the Metronome: a Contribution to Early Nineteenth-Century Performance Practice.” Henryk Wieniawski: Composer and Virtuoso in the Musical Culture of the XIX and XX Centuries [Proceedings of the international musicological conference, held in Poznan on 13–14 April 2000], ed. Maciej Jablonski and Danuta Jasinska, Poznan: Rhythmos, 2001, pp. 189–205. ISBN 83-908462-6-8. [Rezension: De Musica Vol. II 2001. Piotr Podlipniak].
ALSO PUBLISHED in Spohr Journal. The Magazine of the Spohr Society of Great Britain 28 (Winter 2001), pp. 2–13.
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2000 CURSCHMANN
"Das Werk des Komponisten Karl Friedrich Curschmann." [The oeuvre of the composer Karl Friedrich Curschmann] Die Curschmanns: Mitteilungen des Curschmannschen Familien-Verbandes, Heft 52 (Dez. 2000), pp. 8–22.
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1997–98 SPOHR’S AESTETICS OF PERFORMANCE
"Louis Spohr und die moderne, werkorientierte Interpretation: `...seine Einsicht in den Geist der verschiedensten Kompositionen und seine Kunst, jede in diesem ihrem Geist darzustellen'." Das Orchester 46/7–8 (July–August 1998), pp. 2–9.
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ALSO PUBLISHED AS: "`...His Insight Into the Characters of the Most Diverse Compositions and His Ability to Perform Each in Its Own Spirit:' Louis Spohr and the Modern Concept of Performance." Spohr Journal. The Magazine of the Spohr Society of Great Britain 25 (Winter 1998), pp. 2–10.
ALSO PUBLISHED AS: "Louis Spohr and the Modern Concept of Performance." Journal of the Conductors Guild 18/2 (Summer/Fall 1997, publ. 1999), pp. 66–75.
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1997 SPOHR WORK CATALOGUE
"Spohr's Instrumental Works: A Preliminary Catalogue." Spohr Journal. The Magazine of the Spohr Society of Great Britain XXIV (Autumn 1997), pp. 9–18
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1991 SPOHR HARZ JOURNEY
"Louis Spohr's Harz Journey (1807): An Essay in Philanthropinist Pedagogy." Spohr Journal. The Magazine of the Spohr Society of Great Britain XVIII (Autumn 1991), pp. 3–10.
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1990 SPOHR WALTZ
"Louis Spohr's Waltz Erinnerung an Marienbad Op. 89 (1833): Biedermeier Dance Music as an Aesthetic Problem." Spohr Journal. The Magazine of the Spohr Society of Great Britain XVII (Summer–Autumn 1990), pp. 18–30.
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1989 SPOHR RESEARCHER
"Hans Glenewinkel—A Key Researcher" (ed. Keith Warsop). Spohr Journal. The Magazine of the Spohr Society of Great Britain XVI (Summer 1989), pp. 30–31.
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1989 SPOHR IDENTIFICATION
"Identifying Five Spohr Items (WoO 26, 32, 39, 40, 139)." Spohr Journal. The Magazine of the Spohr Society of Great Britain XVI (Summer 1989), pp. 2–6.
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1986 SPOHR AND HILL
"Hill, Spohr, Mendelsohn and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony: A Mid-Nineteenth-Century Music Festival in New York." Newsletter, Institute for Studies in American Music XV/2 (May 1986), pp. 8–11.
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ARTICLES IN REFERENCE WORKS  • 
ARTIKEL IN NACHSCHLAGEWERKEN

2010 SPOHR
“Spohr, Louis.” Neue Deutsche Biographie. Für die Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften hrsg. von Hans Günter Hockerts. Berlin: Duncker und Humblot, 2010, Vol. 24 (Schwarz–Stader), pp. 733–35. ISBN 978-3-428-11293-7
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2007 WOYRSCH
"Woyrsch, Felix [Felix Woyrsch].” Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik (MGG2). Begr. von Friedrich Blume. 2., neubearb. Ausgabe, hrsg. von Ludwig Finscher. Personenteil. Vol./Bd. 17, col./Sp. 1172–1173. ISBN 978-3-476-41032-0. Kassel etc.: Bärenreiter, Stuttgart: Metzler, 2007.

2006 SPOHR
"Spohr - Familie: Louis Spohr, Emilie Spohr [Emilie Zahn], Rosalie Spohr [Rosalie Gräfin von Sauerma]).” Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik (MGG2). Begr. von Friedrich Blume. 2., neubearb. Ausgabe, hrsg. von Ludwig Finscher. Personenteil. Vol./Bd. 15, col./Sp. 1200–1221. ISBN 3-7618-1135-7 / 3-476-41030-7. Kassel etc.: Bärenreiter, Stuttgart: Metzler, 2006.

2003 HERRMANN
"Herrmann, Gottfried [Gottfried Herrmann].” Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik  (MGG2). Begr. von Friedrich Blume. 2., neubearb. Ausgabe, hrsg. von Ludwig Finscher. Personenteil. Vol./Bd. 8, col./Sp. 1423–1425. ISBN 3-7618-1118-7. Kassel etc.: Bärenreiter, Stuttgart: Metzler, 2003.
    Work Catalogue • Werkverzeichnis

2002 FIELITZ
"Fielitz, Alexander von [Alexander von Fielitz]". Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik (MGG2). Begr. von Friedrich Blume. 2., neubearb. Ausgabe, hrsg. von Ludwig Finscher. Personenteil. Vol./Bd. 6, col./Sp. 1140–1141. ISBN 3-7618-1116-0. Kassel etc.: Bärenreiter, Stuttgart: Metzler, 2002.
   Work Catalogue • Werkverzeichnis

1998 VIOLIN MUSIC
"Violine – Musik für Violine." Metzler-Sachlexikon Musik, Neuausgabe, hrsg. Ralf Noltensmeier. Stuttgart, Weimar: Verlag J.B. Metzler, 1998, pp. 1127–32 (pp. 1127–29 mit Eduard Melkus), ISBN 3-476-01544-0.
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3. CD BOOKLETS

2002 CURSCHMANN
Karl Friedrich Curschmann. Lieder • Songs. Marjorie Patterson, Sopran • Soprano, Werner Hagen, Klavier • Piano. Deutsche Schallplatten DS 1086-2, 2002.
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2002 SPOHR CONCERTANT WORKS
Louis Spohr. Konzertante Werke • Concertante Works op. 131, WoO 13, WoO 20. Deutsche Schallplatten DS 1049-2, 2002.
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1999 CHAMBER MUSIC
Romantisches Norddeutschland: Kammermusik aus dem Umkreis von Spohr und Brahms • Chamber Music from the Circles of Spohr and Brahms
Marjorie Patterson - soprano, Mitchell Vines, piano, Martin Wulfhorst - violin
World premiere recordings. CD: Jambus/Syrinx CD, 1999.
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1996 SPOHR SONGS
Louis Spohr. Songs. Marjorie Patterson, Sopran • Soprano, Daniel Sarge, Klavier • Piano. Marco Polo CD 8.223869, 1996.
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1995 WOYRSCH
Felix Woyrsch. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 52, Symphonic Prologue to Dante's "Divina Commedia" op. 40. Hamburger Symphoniker, Miguel Gomez-Martinez. Dabringhaus und Grimm (Helikon) 329 0588-2, 1995.
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1995 SPOHR DUETS
Louis Spohr. Duos for Two Violins op. 67. Heinz Schunk, Ulrike Petersen. cpo 999 343-2, 1995.
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4. REVIEWS (SELECTION) • REZENSIONEN (AUSWAHL)

(Items reviewed are books unless noted otherwise.)

2008 GALLO
Score and parts: Domenico Gallo. Zwölf Triosonaten für zwei Violinen und Basso continuo. Attributed to Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Ed. Klaus Peter Diller. Continuo realization by Dietrich Manicke. Musica rediviva, 7283. Düsseldorf: Astoria, 2007. Das Orchester 56/12 (Dec. 2008), p. 63.

2008 SPOHR
Score and parts: Louis Spohr. Drei Duos für zwei Violinen WoO 21. Kassel: Merseburger, 2008. Üben und Musizieren 27/2 (April–May), p. 61.

2007 ALJABJEW
Score and part: Alexander Aljabjew [Alabieff, Alabiev, Alyabyev], Sonata in E minor for Violin and Piano, 1834. Cologne: Tonger, 2006. Das Orchester 55/9 (Sep. 2007), p. 90.

2007 DEBUT
CD: Hamburg Debüt 2006. Claudius Popp (Haydn, Concerto D), Veronika Eberle (Bruch, Concerto), Giuliano Sommerhalder (Arutjunjan, Concerto). Legenda. Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben. Das Orchester 55/9 (Sep. 2007), p. 85.

2007 ALTENBERG/YANG
CD: Carl-Flesch-Akademie, Korbinian Altenberg (Mozart, Concerto K. 216), Tianwa Yang (Bruch, Concerto) - Bella Musica. Das Orchester 55/9 (Sep. 2007), p. 85.

2005 ROSÉ
CD: Arnold Rosé, Violine. Podium Legenda. Das Orchester 54/5 (May 2006), p. 87.

2005 GEIGENSCHULE
Score: Michael Dartsch, Der Geigenkasten. Materialien für den Violinunterricht, Breitkopf und Härtel 2004, Üben und Musizieren 22/6 (Dec. 2005/Jan.2006), p. 69.

2005 TASCHNER
Klaus Weiler, Gerhard Taschner – das vergessene Genie, Wissner, 2004. Das Orchester 53/11 (Nov. 2005), p. 83–84

2005 LUCKE
CD: Andreas Lucke, violin. Das Orchester 53/3 (Mar. 2005), p. 86.

2004 ORCHESTRA
John Spitzer and Neal Zaslaw, The Birth of the Orchestra: History of an Institution, 1650–1815, Oxford University Press, 2004. Das Orchester 52/10 (Oct. 2004), p. 77.

2004 AUERBACH
Score and part: Lera Auerbach, 24 Preludes for Violin and Piano Op. 46, Sikorski 2003. Das Orchester 52/7–8 (July–August 2004), p. 77.

2004 KOTTMANN
CD: Alois Kottmann: Portrait, 2002. Das Orchester 52/3 (March 2004), p. 86.

2004 BLACHER
CD: Béla Bartók, 1ère Sonate pour Violon et Piano en 3 mouvements SZ 75, Heinz Holliger, Lieder ohne Worte (1985/1994), Robert Schumann, Sonate für Violine und Klavier op. 121, Kolja Blacher (Violine), Bruno Canino (Klavier), 2002. Das Orchester 52/1 (Jan. 2004), p. 80.

2002 HERZOGENBERG
Score and parts: Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Klaviertrio Nr. 1 c-Moll op. 24, Klaviertrio Nr. 2 d-Moll op. 36, 2001. Das Orchester 50/10 (October 2002), pp. 97–98.

2002 WIENIAWSKI
DVD, solo part, and piano score: Henri (Henryk) Wieniawski, Violinkonzert Nr. 2 d-Moll op. 22, ed. Zakhar Bron, 2001. Das Orchester 50/5 (May 2002), pp. 90–91.

2001 SARASATE
CD: Pablo de Sarasate, Virtuose Violine, Joaquin Turina, Werke für Violine und Klavier, 2000. Das Orchester 49/12 (Dec. 2001), p. 83.

2001 RYPDAL
CD: Terje Rypdal, Sonate op. 73 für Violine und Keyboards / Nimbus op. 76 für Violine, Orgel und Schlagzeug 2001. Das Orchester 51/4 (April 2003), p. 96–97.

1999 BRAHMS
Dieter Boeck, Johannes Brahms, 1998. Das Orchester 47/9 (Sept. 1999), p. 74.

1999 AUTEXIER
Philippe A. Autexier, La Lyre Maçonne, 1997. Notes 55/3 (March 1999), pp. 662–63. Download

1998 MACINTYRE
Bruce C. MacIntyre, Haydn, The Creation, 1998. Musik und Kirche 68/5 (Sept./Oct. 1998), p. 341.

1998 WYNDHAM
Wyndham Thomas (ed.), Composition—Performance—Reception, 1998. Journal of the Conductors Guild 19/2 (Summer/Fall 1998, publ. 1999), pp. 118–20

1998 BIRO-HUBERT
Nicolai Biro-Hubert, Dirigierdschungel, 1997. Das Orchester 46/5 (May 1998), pp. 68–69.

1993 SWAIN
Joseph P. Swain, The Broadway Musical, 1990/1992. Musicals 42 (Aug./Sep. 1993), p. 37.

1992 SPOHR
Scores: Louis Spohr, Selected Works, 1987–90. Musica 46/2 (März/April 1992), pp. 118–20 and Spohr Journal XIX (Autumn 1992), pp. 10–11.

ARTICLES • ARTIKEL

Martin Wulfhorst