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Issues : FE revisions

b. 160-163

composition: Op. 43, Tarantella

 
 
 
 
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In the sources bars 160 - 163 are slurred differently. The FE (-IE) variant and EE may result from the imprecise notation of FC3.

The GE must be a free interpretation, and yet here we also find differences - in the first three impressions there are only two slurs on the two beats of b. 161. Only in GE4 a slur on the second beat of b. 160 and a slur on bars 162-163 were added. 

 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , FE revisions

b. 161

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

Third in GC (→GE) & FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4)

Octave in FE1
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The version of FE1 is most probably a mistake (corrected in FE2 and subsequent FE), as in GC one can see no traces of corrections in this place.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions

b. 161-162

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

d-g in GC & FE1

d-g with tie in GE

c-g in FE2 (→EE,FE3→FE4)
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The version with d as the lower note of the L.H. dyads in the middle of each of these bars, although seemingly erroneous (cf. an analogous figure at the turn of bar 163), may have occurred in [A] since both the copyist and the engraver of FE1 twice read it this way. The notation in the autograph was possibly unclear here, e.g. as a result of some corrections making it difficult to discriminate between visually similar figures (cf. a mistaken slur in the adjacent figure). Stylistic arguments favour the version with c – repeating the note d results in an irregularity:

  • of voice leading – in bars 161-164 all the other pairs of octaves are accompanied by a parallel voice a third or sixth apart;
  • of pianistic texture – in the remaining L.H. dyads the common notes are always tied.

The tie between both notes d in bar 161 is almost certainly an arbitrary addition by GE.

Therefore, we regard as correct only the version with c introduced into FE2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 161

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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Both autographs are lacking in the  before the 2nd L.H. quaver (d). The inaccuracy was removed in FE (→EE), which in the case of such a patent defect could have been performed by the reviser. The correct text is also in GE.
Before e1 on the 3rd beat of the bar, all sources except for GE feature a superfluous .

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Cautionary accidentals , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 162

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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The autographs are lacking in cautionary accidentals in this bar. In FE (→EE) a  was added before the d crotchet; the sign is also present in GE. Moreover, in EE a  was added before the c1 crotchet. In the main text we include both accidentals.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , FE revisions