Issues : Dedications
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composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor
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The dedication, both in A and in FE (→EEW1→EEW2), determines the same person – baroness Charlotte de Rothschild, Nathaniel's wife. In the main text, we give an expression used in FE, being the official way of presenting a married woman in France. It is unclear why the dedication was left out in GE and EEC – in spite of a collective cover for three (in EEC two) Waltzes, it could have been placed, e.g., on the first page of the note text. In the case of GE, the reason could have been a possible absence of cover in the proof copy of FE, being the basis for GE, since the dedication was placed in FE only on the cover. As does not include either the title or the dedication. The dedication is also absent in AI, although it is known that the autograph was offered to baroness de Rothschild. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: EE revisions , Dedications , GE revisions |
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composition: Op. 19, Bolero
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EE2 removed the dedication from the title page. It was returned already in EE3 and placed over the headline title. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Dedications |
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composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major
category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Dedications |
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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A is devoid of both the title and dedication (it seems that the aim of the pencilled addition at the top of the 1st page is to identify the manuscript for ordering purposes). In the main text we give them after the complete version of FC (→GE), free from mistakes. FE (→EE1→EE2) omitted the title of nobility of the dedication's addressee; there are also a few mistakes in her name and surname. Moreover, EE1 (→EE2) includes an additional, inauthentic title 'La Méditation.' The collective title page of EE3 omitted both that addition and the dedication; however, the Scherzo was marked as second. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Dedications , Errors in EE , Authentic corrections of FC |
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composition: Op. 28 No. 1, Prelude in C major
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In the main text we give the title and the dedication in accordance with FE, which reproduced the title as found in A and took into account Chopin's wish expressed in a letter to Fontana, i.e. Chopin wanted the Preludes to be dedicated to C. Pleyel and not J. C. Kessler. However, it remains unclear why the change of dedication was not considered in GE, despite it having been written in FC. The wording of the title and the dedication in English as well as calling the Preludes “grand” and adding the information “through all keys” are all arbitrary decisions of EE. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Dedications |
