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WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

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Issues : Errors of A

b. 3-4

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

c1 repeated in A1

c1 tied in CJ, CK (→CB) & EL
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The missing tie of c1 is probably Chopin's oversight in A1, hence we consider it acceptable to add it in the text of A1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A

b. 26

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

Original version in A1

Final version in A1, contextual interpretation

CJ & CK (→CB)

EL
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The initial version of A1 was corrected still in this autograph (inaccurately – the penultimate L.H. quaver, b, remained unchanged), whereas the sources based on [A2] already contain the changed version (regardless of the rhythmic changes). The version of EL may be Kolberg's revision after the analogy with b. 22. 

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

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Errors of A , Corrections of AI , Kolberg's revisions , Revisions in EL

b. 32

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

d2 in A1

c2 in CJ, CK (→CB) & EL
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The version of A1 featuring d2 is probably Chopin's mistake. It is indicated by a comparison with the melody of the song "The Wish", which is quoted here, as well as by the version of [A2] (→CJ,CK), in which the first two notes of the bar constitute a seventh (Chopin could have already heard the octave leap from the next bar).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of A

b. 64

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

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The final C in the L.H. is notated in A1 as a minim, which is an obvious mistake.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Rhythmic errors , Errors of A