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b. 57

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

  in A1, contextual interpretation

   in CJ

   in CK

   in CB

  & delicato in EL
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In A1 Chopin wrote the  indication between the 2nd and 4th notes of the run. It is an example of the obsolete convention of placing indications within their scope, and not at the beginning or slightly before (cf. b. 58). The following dynamic hairpins differ in their range, which, however, is of no significance in this context. In the main text we reproduce the notation of CJ, which does not raise any stylistic doubts and probably reproduces the notation of [A2] pretty faithfully. The hairpins of EL adjusted to the semiquaver beaming must result from an editorial revision.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Centrally placed marks

b. 57

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

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A1 contains only . In [A2] (→CJ,CK) Chopin marked this figure analogously to the next bars –  . The particular sources differ in the range of these marks – see the previous note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , Balakirev's revisions , Revisions in EL

b. 58

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

g & f with extra in A1

g & f, no in CJ, CK (→CB)

g & a, no in EL

Our variant suggestion
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In the main text we suggest the additional crotchet stems present only in A1 in a variant form – see the note in the next bar. The version of EL must be erroneous; it is most probably a Terzverschreibung of the copyist or the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 58

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

Additional crotchet in A1

Additional semiquaver in CJ & CK

Large notehead in CB

Small notehead in EL
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In the main text we give the first a1 note as a separate semiquaver after the notation of [A2] (→CJ,CK). The crotchet in A1 conveys rather a sonic idea, whereas the accented semiquaver in [A2] – the instructions for its implementation. The simplified versions of notation in CB and EL are arbitrary revisions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Balakirev's revisions

b. 58

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No mark in A1 & EL

Accent on a1 in CJ & CK

Accent on g1 in CB
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In the main text we give the accent of [A2] (→CJ,CK). The accent having been moved over the minim is Balakirev's mistake or revision, who placed accents over each of the three g1 minims in b. 58-60.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Balakirev's revisions