mUltimate Chopin

Text Compare Notes Sources Description

Issues : Errors of JC

b. 32

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

Rhythm in A1

Rhythm in CJ

Rhythm in CK (→CB) & EL
..

When interpreted literally, the rhythm written down in CJ suggests a very unnatural combination of four crotchets in the R.H. and five in the L.H. Taking into account the inaccurate alignment between the L.H. and the R.H. (cf., e.g. 2 previous bars), in the 2nd half of the bar we get two crotchets in the R.H. against three in the L.H. While such polymeter is present in an earlier version of A1 (in the previous bars), in [A2] Chopin replaced it with simpler, regular rhythmic divisions. Such a change in the opposite direction, not marked in any way, is inconceivable here, hence we consider this notation to be Ludwika's mistake.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of JC , Inaccuracies in JC

b. 35

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

..

JC has the erroneous A1 as the 4th quaver in the part of the L.H.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of JC

b. 45

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

Quaver d1 in JC

Quaver d1 in EF

Minim in PE
..

The extension of the d1 note, marked only in PE, is a typical Chopin's ploy. In bar 18, which is repeated in bar 45, the above mentioned edition features a less gracious notation with a clear display of the voices' convergence. The notation may have resulted from a misunderstanding of the notation of [A], hence we give here the equivalent simplest notation, used in bar 10.

The lower note of the sixth, f, is sustained with a tie to the f on the 3rd beat of the bar in JC, therefore, it has to be a minim. Writing it only as a quaver is a patent inaccuracy, most probably stemming from a simplified draft notation of [AI].

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of JC

b. 45

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

..

CJ and CB are lacking in the fermata; they are probably oversights.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of JC

b. 48

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

2 slurs in CK
..

Both slurs in this bar were written only by Kolberg in his copy. However, there is no reason to assume that they could be inauthentic, hence we include them in the main text, considering their absence in CJ to be an oversight of the copyist.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of JC