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WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

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Issues : Revisions in EL

b. 7

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

c3 repeated in A1, CJ & CK (→CB)

c3 tied in EL
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The tie of c3 must be an arbitrary decision of Kolberg or Szulc.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Revisions in EL

b. 11

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

One-part notation in A1, CJ, CK & CB

Two-part notation in EL
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Separating the tenor voice must have been an arbitrary decision introduced in EL. According to us, it is likely that the author thereof was Kolberg, who added similar short motifs in the middle section of the Lento (b. 35-36 and 39-40).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Kolberg's revisions , Revisions in EL

b. 15

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No sign in A1 & CB

in CJ & CK

in EL

 suggested by the editors
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The compliance between CJ and CK allows us to believe that the  hairpin before the penultimate triplet reproduced the notation of [A2]. Nevertheless, in the main text we slightly extend this mark after analogous b. 48 – in this context, a diminuendo naturally leads us to the final note of the run, and the notation of the autograph could have been inaccurate. This idea was fully implemented in EL, most probably also on the basis of comparison with b. 48.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 21-24

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

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None of the six necessary naturals lowering d2(1) to d2(1) are present in CJ and CK, which is a striking example of overlooked accidentals of a current key. This is even more of anomaly given that the first two R.H. naturals are written in A1. CB and EL contain the correct text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Balakirev's revisions , Revisions in EL

b. 22

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No sign in A1

Long accent in CJ

Short accent in CK

in CB & EL
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The clear accent in CK allows us to consider the longer mark in CJ a long accent, which we give in the main text. In CB and EL the mark was reproduced as a short diminuendo hairpin. Cf. b. 26.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Revisions in EL