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WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

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Issues : Inaccuracies in JC

b. 58

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

  in A1

  in CJ

  in CK

  in CB

  in EL
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The   dynamic hairpins in the copies based directly on [A2] quite significantly differ in their range, although both in CJ and CK the marks are placed more or less symmetrically with respect to the centre of the run. Therefore, one may assume that the situation in [A2] was similar, which points to a more careful notation than in A1. In the main text we reproduce the notation of CK, which does not raise any stylistic doubts, and which probably reproduced the notation of [A2] more faithfully than CJ. The hairpins in EL, adjusted to the semiquaver beaming and maximally extended, must be a result of an editorial revision.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , Inaccuracies in JC , Revisions in EL

b. 61-62

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

e1 in bars 61-62 in A1, CK (→CB) & EL

e1 & e1 in CJ, literal reading

e1 & e1 in CJ, contextual interpretation
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Out of the two versions coming from [A2], we give priority to CK due to its compliance with the unequivocally authentic version of A1. The sharp raising e1 to e1 in b. 61 in CJ could have been placed by mistake, e.g. due to the resemblance of the figures in b. 61-63. On the other hand, one cannot rule out that Chopin wanted to introduce a major variant of the tonic already in b. 61 – cf. the major endings of the Nocturnes in E Minor, WN 23, C Minor, Op. 27 No. 1, F Minor, Op. 48 No. 2 or F Minor, Op. 55 No. 2, consisting of a few or several dozen bars. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of JC , Inaccuracies in JC , Errors in CK