ACh - Autograph Cheremeteff


Date: 20 V 1845
Title: [Prélude]
Dedication: None

Autograph contained in an album of Anna Cheremietieff, dated “Paris, 20 May 1845”.

The notation of slurs may raise doubts in a few places, since they begin (b. 2) or end (b. 4, 8 and 12) in musically unjustified places. It most probably resulted from ink stoppage, which is indicated by gaps in crotchet stems between staves. A reliable interpretation is also hampered by poor quality of the accessible photos of ACh and no access to the original document. The beginnings of the L.H. slurs in b. 5 and 9 are particularly problematic, since indicating the beginning of a characteristic passus duriusculus with a slur would be quite justified, musically speaking.

Original in: Russian State Library, Moscow
Shelf-mark: M. 9817