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b. 17

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No L.H. slurs in A1, CK & EL

2 slurs in CK (→CB)

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The slur written in CK over the 1st accompaniment figure most probably comes from [A2], hence we give it in the main text (due to the abridged notation of the 2nd half of the bar as repetition of the 1st half, we consider this slur to have been repeated over the 2nd figure). The slurs – just like for the most part of the Lento – are also in CB.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of JC

b. 17-20

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

Long accent in bar 19 in A1

Long & 3 short accents in CJ

4 short accents in CK, literal reading

4 long accents in CJ & CK, contextual interpretation

Short accents in bars 19-20 in CB

Long & 2 short accents in bars 18-20 in EL

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It is only the first out of the four accents written in these bars in [A2] (→CJ,CK) that can be considered an unequivocal long accent on the basis of CJ. In this copy, the shape of the three remaining ones is the one of short accents, yet a confrontation with the specifically moved marks in CK leads us to the conclusion that they were most probably long accents in [A2]. In CK the marks in b. 17-18 are moved to such an extent that it is difficult to guess the intention of the writer without CJ (it may be the reason why both were omitted in CB, while the former also in EL).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents

b. 18

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

Rhythm in A1, CJ, CK & EL

Rhythm in CB

Rhythm suggested by the editors

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The rhythm written on the 2nd beat of the bar both in A1 and the copies of [A2] – CJ and CK (as well as EL) – is either incomplete (missing indication of an irregular group) or erroneous (the semiquavers should have been demisemiquavers). In order to minimise the scope of an editorial intervention, in the main text we suggest the former; the latter was implemented by Balakirev in his copy. In practice, the difference between them is negligible.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Rhythmic errors

b. 18

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

b1-c2 in A1, CJ, CK & EL

a1-b1 in CB

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In the main text we preserve the characteristic, "naive" Chopinesque orthography. In CB it was corrected in accordance with the rules, which Chopin did not always obey, particularly in working autographs or drafts (cf., e.g. the Etude in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 4, b. 15 and 19). After all, the avoidance of double accidentals can also be encountered in works of other 19th-century composers.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Balakirev's revisions

b. 18

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

in A1

con forza in CJ

No indication in CK (→CB) & EL

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In the main text we give the indication con forza, which in [A2] (→CJ) most probably replaced the previous  mark. The absence of con forza in CK (→CB) and EL is probably Kolberg's oversight, who also overlooked the  hairpin here.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations