2 Pianos, 4 Hands (Study
Score)
SKU:
HL.132244
Chopin
National Edition Volume
XXXI. Composed by
Frederic Chopin. Edited
by Jan Ekier. PWM.
Classical. Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
#51600916. Published by
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne (HL.132244).
UPC:
884088970789.
This
volume of the National
Edition is published in
the Series B which
contains works published
posthumously. The basis
for this edition is taken
from the original
sources, i.e. autographs,
copies and prints
corrected by the composer
or, if possible, other
reliable sources. All the
changes and
supplementations - if
they are necessary - are
graphically distinguished
from the text. In the
Source Commentaries
musicologists will find
fundamental information
about the sources
together with an
evaluation of the degree
of their authenticity, a
description of mutual
connections (called
filiation) and a
discussion of the more
important divergences as
well as the principles of
editing the music text of
particular works. In the
music text, beside
Chopin's fingering, we
give, in different type,
the fingering used in
contemporary concert
practice and the
Performance Commentaries
explain all these
elements of music
notation which may raise
doubts today. They
include: writing out the
ornaments in full,
pedalling indications,
suggestions as to the
realisation of harmonic
legato and alternate
fingering.
