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GE1 - First German edition
Publisher: | Charles Haslinger quondam Tobie |
Date: | VII 1851 |
Plate number: | T.H.8147. |
Title: | Grande Sonate |
Dedication: | None |
First German edition, based on A. It contains numerous revisions concerning, above all, accidentals and – to a lesser extent – articulation and dynamic markings. Chopin did not participate in the development of GE1 – see the description of this edition in the 1st mov. of the Sonata.
A few changes introduced by GE1 go beyond the typical revision process:
- altering the chord in bar 7 & analog. – sharps raising all f notes to f
in the 2nd half of the bar were added;
- correcting the voice leading in bar 103, after an analogous place;
- changing e
2 to e2 in bar 128;
- far-reaching interpretation of possible accents in bars 144-145;
- changing the structure of the voices in the L.H. part in bars 172-175;
- adding a middle note (b) in the last two chords in bar 252;
- changing the order of the b and b
notes in the L.H. figuration in bar 255;
- changing the L.H. octave from A
-a
to A-a in bar 317;
- changing the D minor chord to D at the beginning of bar 343.
Chopin's frugality in writing accidentals, explained in the description of A, forced the engraver (reviser) of GE1 to perform numerous interventions, as a result of which the vast majority of these defects were corrected. Moreover, a considerable number of cautionary accidentals were added, mostly justified, e.g. in bar 28, 58 or 74. In addition, some accidentals, unnecessarily entered by Chopin, were omitted – repeated within a bar or cautionary accidentals without sufficient justification, e.g. in bar 44, 46, 52.
The changes and additions concerning slurs are particularly numerous. The evaluation thereof is inconclusive, as A slurs are often inaccurate, thus certain revisions were undoubtedly necessary, e.g. in bars 120-121, 153 or 281-282, or recommended, e.g. in bar 71, 236 or 276. However, other changes and additions in this respect seem incorrect or unnecessary, e.g. combining the slurs in bars 73-74.
Justified changes were also made to other elements of notation, e.g. the unfinished octave sign in bars 390-391 was completed.
In GE1 a number of mistakes were also committed, e.g.:
- adding a
before a wrong chord in bar 11;
- changing
to
in bar 15 & 49,
to
in bar 72;
- omitting the
in bar 12, the staccato dots in bar 20,
in bar 379, the accent in bar 384;
- overlooking the f1 crotchet in bar 142;
- printing a
(c) instead of a
(c
) in bar 151;
- adding – due to misinterpretation of the division into voices – an augmentation dot to e1 in bar 160.
Original in: | Jan Ekier private collection, Warsaw |
Shelf-mark: | A.1 |