Since his recent publication for the Beethoven violin concerto, Detlef Hahn adds to the collection of the Barenreiter editions of Beethoven’s works, with a performance part prepared for the violin romances.
Detlef talks to us at NeoKitsch about his collaboration with Jonathan Del Mar:
My new edition of the Beethoven Romances is now published by Bärenreiter. This is what Jonathan Del Mar, the world-famous musicologist and editor wrote about our collaboration:
‘It has been a constant pleasure to work closely with Detlef Hahn on the Text of these Romances. As in the Violin Concerto, he has been endlessly patient with me in my endeavours to obtain as far as possible a playable text while retaining precisely the integrity of Beethoven’s slurring, and I thank him warmly for our most enjoyable and fruitful collaboration’
Jonathan’s insistence on authenticity, even against our ‘natural’ instincts as violinists, was an interesting and most enjoyable learning curve for me. I had to negotiate almost every note with him. What it brought, I think, is a new edition, which comes close to Beethoven’s intentions, but which is still ‘playable’ from a so-called ‘modern violinist’s’ point of view. It is now in the hands of a new generation of performers to use our concepts and make them their own. I understand this edited solo part as a signpost that leads into the right direction. As with the Violin Concerto, it can only give indications as to how a successful performance can be achieved. It is now up to the performer to make use of the underlying ideas and tailor them to their own needs and visions. As long as Beethoven’s intentions are respected, the doors are still fully open for our individual input.
© Detlef Hahn
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