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WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

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b. 44

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

Crotchet, 2 quavers & triplets in A1

Triplets in CJ, contextual interpretation

Triplets in CK

Triplets in CB

Triplets in EL
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The rhythmic notation of A1 gives rise to doubts in this bar, since in spite of the change of time signature to , the bar contains 5 crotchets. Initially, Chopin most probably envisioned triplet movement, like in the version of [A2] (→CJ,CK), yet he eventually changed the first note from a quaver to a crotchet and added rests. Therefore, we adopt this notation, imprecise, yet suggestive, as the text of this autograph.

The rhythm of the sources coming from [A2] is generally unambiguous; although it is only in CB that the notation can be considered correct, minor inaccuracies in the remaining sources do not hamper its interpretation. In the main text we give the text of CJ, completed with a rest for the R.H. part, without which the notation could be misleading.

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

issues: Corrections in A , Chopin's hesitations , Errors resulting from corrections , Deletions in A , Main-line changes