Sonata-vocalise, Op 41 no 1
The original edition is still available, printed on cheap paper with a splendid art deco cover.
There are a number of differences between the 1924 Zimmermann and 1959 Collected Editions. Most of the alterations are observed by Medtner/Ritchie in their 1947 recording, but a few are not and may be errors. These are mentioned below.
There are no fingerings in the 1959 edition.
Motto: "Geweihter Platz"
- Bar 14
1959: two short decrescendo hairpins under LH from 2nd to 3rd note, and from 5th to 6th note
- Bar 17
1959: poco piu mosso above 2nd beat
- Bars 20-22
1959: con moto above 2nd beat of bar 20, followed by riten. above 2nd beat of bar 22
- Bar 36
1959: short decrescendo hairpin from C# to A in vocal line, followed by a comma above the barline
- Bar 38
1959: p at beginning of bar in both voice and piano
- Bar 40
1959: tenuto next to LH bottom G and poco più mosso above 3rd beat
- Bar 41
1959: (Ped.) at beginning or bar, with release under final C
- Bars 43-45
1959: con moto at start of bar 43 and rit. in bar 45
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- Bar 13
1959: (Ped.) under chord at start of bar
- Bars 23-25
1959: no pedal marks. May be an oversight
- Bar 30
1924: hairpin above piano RH starting halfway through first beat, ending in p above the top A (as in the recapitulation)
1959: hairpin in voice from B to E, with p under the E
- Bar 42
1959: accent on last bass chord
- Bar 50
1959: accent, not dot, on last bass chord
- Bars 81-82
1959: no pedal marks. Medtner uses no pedal in his recording. The ten. is also missing, however the tied G is present
- Bars 99-102
1959: legato slur missing from voice, presumably an oversight
- Bars 109, 110
1959: footnote below bass on second beat "marcato - bass only, all other voices pianissimo"
- Bar 111
1959: pp in piano
- Bar 115
1959: p in piano
- Bar 120
1959: No pedal mark on 2nd beat. In his recording, Medtner releases the pedal at the beginning of bar 119
- Bar 121
1959: additional a tempo marking. Medtner changes the pedal here, but it is not marked in either edition
- Bar 122
1959: additional LH chord C-Gb-Bb on stave (below middle C) with imaginary ties ending on each note, (Ped.) below chord, and footnote "play silently over pedal". Depress the notes silently before the start of the bar and change the pedal, as played by Medtner in his recording. The 1924 edition has an unchanged pedal from the second beat of bar 121 through to the end of bar 124
- Bar 125
1959: tenuto dash above F in piano RH at start of bar. The slur in the alto is missing, presumbably an oversight
- Bar 126
1959: tenuto dash above first note in voice. The decrescendo hairpin leading into the following bar is absent
- Bar 128
1959: accent above first note in voice
- Bar 129
1959: a tempo above start of bar. This is not observed by Ritchie/Medtner, who make a ritenuto in this bar and the following bar. The 1924 edition has dolce markings in both piano and voice that are absent in the 1959 edition
- Bar 135
1924: has poco a poco crescendo, asbent in 1959
- Bar 143
voice: 1924 has mf, 1959 has p. Ritchie sings mf in the recording, which also parallels the mf in the piano at bar 147
- Bar 152
1959: ff risoluto in voice
- Bar 159
voice: 1924 has p, 1959 has f. The 1959 dynamic is probably incorrect. Ritchie starts piano where the phrase begins in the previous bar
- Bar 163
1959: voice has a hairpin crescendo through the entire bar
- Bar 179
1959: pedal release mark at start of bar
- Bar 197
1924: acciaccatura should be Db not D, an obvious error
- Bars 243-244
Although both editions have the pedal marks, Medtner does not pedal these bars. The markings are absent in the exposition
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