Really Simple Question About Henle's Edition of WTC

[poiuytrewq11zc]

I was about to order volume 1 of the Well Tempered Clavier (Henle's urtext edition), but noticed that it said "hard cover" in the description.. Does that literally mean that its totally solid, like a hard-cover book? Or just a more solid material than regular paper? If it is similar to a hard-cover book, wouldn't it be difficult to keep the pages open on the music stand? is the spine flexible? I'm sorry if this question sounds stupid, but I would greatly appreciate it if someone could give me an answer.

[mike_lang]

I believe this actually IS hard-cover; my school's library has several copies of the Beethoven sonatas in such a publication.

[richard black]

Henle's hard-cover (and soft-cover, for that matter) volumes are very well bound and do indeed stay flat on the desk, after you've given them a little initial 'exercise' in staying open!

[poiuytrewq11zc]

Thank you!

I was going to order from the Juilliard bookstore under a teacher's recommendation, and it quite confusing how they put "hard-cover" in the description. Then I went to Henle's website where it described it as "cloth-bound" (which makes much more sense to me.) I'm now quite interested in Henle's publications, for it is always a pleasure to find a urtext edition of anything. I think I'll be shopping from them frequently from now on