Meanings of alternative readings in English

But the composer very frequently altered the ornamentions of his pieces or excogitated alternative readings.]

He - suggests as alternative readings to 'quod', 'quo' (= whereby) and 'quodque' (= and that).)

The CD's main interest is not Pössinger's music, but Steck's use of alternative readings for the solo line in the Beethoven.

Reading "The Enfolded Hamlet" is almost like attending a "Hamlet" rehearsal; one can imagine Shakespeare trying out alternative readings in the theatre of his mind...