EE1 - First English edition
| Publisher: | Wessel & Co |
| Date: | XI 1837 |
| Plate number: | W & Co. No. 2168. |
| Title: | Scherzo |
| Dedication: | Mademoiselle Adèle de Furstentein |
The first English edition is based on a proof copy of FE1 that did not include the last corrections: examples of such situations are listed in the characterization of FE1. The edition does not bear traces of Chopin's intervention; in turn, it was significantly revised, starting from the title 'La Méditation' added by the publisher. Chopin would strongly oppose Wessel's practice of giving such titles to his works, see the Nocturne in C
Minor, Op. 27 No. 1, b. 1.
Examples of changes introduced into EE1 on the basis of comparison of analogous places:
- the beginning of the 1st slur was moved to over the a quaver, thus making it look like all further slurs over this motif,
- slurs under the L.H. part in b. 9-11 and analog., 178-181, 572-573, 574-575 i 578-579 were added,
- ties in b. 6-7, 267-268, 310-311, 318-319 and 324-325 were added,
- the length of the
hairpins in b. 6-7 and analog. was unified, - a
mark was added in b. 179-180, 527 and the one in b. 263-264 was moved, - a rest was added in the top voice in b. 310,
- the wedge in b. 344 was changed to a staccato dot,
- the rhythm in b. 394 was changed,
- slurs were added in b. 533-534, 540-541, 574-575.
In EE1 the accents, which could have been of different length in FE, were generally reproduced as short ones, e.g. in b. 18-20, 118, 486. Sometimes, e.g. in b. 250, 252 and 254, the horizontal accents (short and long) were replaced with vertical ones, which was a characteristic, quite frequent discretion of Wessel's publications.
Moreover, arbitrary changes unrelated to the authentic notation of the Scherzo were introduced, e.g.:
- the form of the grace note in b. 73 and analog. was changed,
- the motivic slur between two octaves in b. 154 was doubled,
- e3 was changed to e3 in b. 478,
EE1 corrected the mistakes of FE, e.g. in b. 142, 395-396, 477 or 521, yet a few new were also committed:
In addition, cautionary accidentals were added, e.g. in b. 501.
| Original in: | University Library, Cambridge |
| Shelf-mark: | Mus. 23.34.(12) |