Edition for Schumann's Novelletten
I am looking for a good edition for the Novelletten Op. 21 by Schumann. I saw the Peters edition and the Henle edition. Is there a particular edition that is recommended for the Novelletten?
I am looking for an edition that is accurate to the intentions of the composer and that has useful information such as on fingering, on differences of previous editions and, if possible, on interpretation and on the context of the music.
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(Caveat: I can't examine the editions directly, so my comments are based on information available online plus experience with other scores from these publishers.)
Both Peters and Henle have Urtext editions, meaning both claim to be as faithful as possible to Schumann's original intentions.
Peters is edited by Hans Joachim Köhler; Henle by Ernst Herttrich (Editor) and Walther Lampe (Fingering).
I generally find Henle to be printed more clearly, on better paper, and with easier to read layout. On the other hand, they are also more expensive.
A (very) brief survey on imslp and "the internet" suggests that there isn't much debate about the score itself, which would imply both are accurate. However, this last comment should be taken as speculative on my part.
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