Issues : Authentic corrections of FE
b. 544
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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There is no doubt that it was Chopin that added the indication sempre in FE. To the main text we adopt a slightly differently formulated indication added by Chopin in FC (sempre con fuoco), hence we give the indication added in FE, although the latest, in the form of a variant addition. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 550-554
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I
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In the entire fragment (bars 550-556), GE is devoid of arpeggio marks, in spite of the fact that in FE (→EE) arpeggios are featured in 3 places – before the 1st chord in bar 550 and 553 and before the minim in bar 554. The excessive length of marks, which consist of six and not four parts, like the majority of arpeggios in the Concerto (e.g. in bars 570 and 572 placed on the same page in FE), seems to indicate the fact that the wavy lines were added in the last phase of proofreading of FE as the reason for the absence of marks in GE. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 556
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I
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In the version of GE1 (→GE2), the first 4 notes and rest constitute an unmarked semiquaver quintuplet. Nothing points to authenticity of that version, although it is practically very close to the actual performance – see the commentary to the Scherzo in C Minor, Op. 39, bar 47. The version of GE3 was probably introduced on the basis of analogy with similar bars of exposition. Like in bar 197, 199 and 201, in FE one can see traces of swapping rhythmic values of the 2nd and 3rd notes – initially, the 2nd note was a semiquaver, whereas the 3rd one – a demisemiquaver. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Inserted rest |
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b. 570
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I
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In FE, one can see traces of removal of the third . Chopin most probably reduced the dynamics from to . Shift of to the beginning of the bar, giving the same image, seems to be much less likely, since the difference in position of the mark before and after proofreading would have been too insignificant to be worth attention. category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 576-580
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composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor
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Pedalling signs only present in FE may have been added by Chopin upon proofreading, which is furrther indicated by the lack of such signs in b. 608 and 612, which in the manuscript serving as the basis for FE, were most probably marked as repetitions of bars 576 and 580, and so should include the same performance markings. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Authentic corrections of FE |