Issues : Revisions in EL
b. 1
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composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione
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in A1 is one of the three only verbal indications in b. 1-20 (along with con forza in b. 15 and in b. 18). The number of other dynamic markings is also significantly lower – see b. 6-7. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors of JC , Revisions in EL |
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b. 1-4
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composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione
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The version of CB featuring d1 as the middle note of the first chord in b. 2 and 4 probably results from the fact that the note was placed too low in CK. In turn, the version of EL with tied e1 is probably an arbitrary change, introduced by Kolberg in the Stichvorlage for this edition. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Balakirev's revisions , Revisions in EL |
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b. 1
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composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione
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In A1, which is of working nature, Chopin had not determined the piece's tempo or mood yet. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Revisions in EL |
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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. 6
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composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione
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By the end of b. 6 both sources based on [A2] – CJ and CK – convey an abbreviation of an indication, which, taking into account the context, we decipher as legato. (IJ features agit., which must be a mistake, yet it confirms that the Chopinesque entry in [A2] was probably indistinct.) In EL the generally uncommon abbreviation leg. was replaced by legg., which must be a mistake. In the main text we move this indication, referring to the accompaniment figures that are not encompassed with slurs, to the beginning of the bar, where first such figures appear. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: Revisions in EL |