Issues : Inaccuracies in JC
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b. 5-6
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composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione
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In the main text we give the slur of CK (→CB), which is unquestionable in terms of image and music. According to us, it can also be considered an interpretation of the possibly inaccurate slurs of A1 and CJ. The slurring of A1 is generally rather of draft nature – careless and mostly short slurs appear only occasionally. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Inaccuracies in JC , Revisions in EL |
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b. 8
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composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione
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It is difficult to interpret the mark in CJ – it has uneven arms, as a result of which it is uncertain when it should begin, while its ending falls within the 2nd half of the bar, written using abridged notation, which hampers the estimation of its range. Moreover, the absence of the mark in the remaining sources, and particularly in CK, which is based on the same source, suggests that it could have been entered by mistake – the first halves of b. 8-9 are graphically very similar, which could have confused the copyist. According to us, assuming that the mark was present in [A2], we consider a long accent to be the most likely interpretation. Due to the described doubts, in the main text we give this accent in a variant form. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Long accents , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Inaccuracies in JC |
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b. 15
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composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione
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The slurs of the sources, encompassing neither melodically nor rhythmically distinctive fragments of the scale, are probably inaccurate. This conclusion is confirmed by the slur of CK, encompassing the 4th beat of the bar, in analogous b. 48, and this is the slur we suggest in the main text as a contextual interpretation of the source slurs. Nevertheless, encompassing with a slur the final fragment of a figuration only seems to be illogical, regardless of its actual range. According to us, it is likely that the articulation of this sequence is defined by two indications present in this bar both in A1 and [A2] (→CJ,CK) – con forza at the beginning and the slur at the end. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Inaccuracies in JC , Inaccuracies in CK |
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b. 21
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composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione
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The pedalling markings are featured only in the sources coming from [A2]. In both copies based directly on the autograph, the second category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: No pedal release mark , Inaccuracies in JC |
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b. 26
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composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione
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The marks in CJ and CK look like long accents, although the one in CJ is written a quaver later. Having compared it with similar b. 22, we consider the mark of CK to be more accurate. The versions of CB and EL cannot be authentic; however, the diminuendo hairpin in EL is one of the possible interpretations of the manuscripts. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in JC , Balakirev's revisions |
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