diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index c87fadb..cdb15ba 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/). +## [v58] - unreleased + +### Fixed + +- Frédérich Chopin: Valse - fixes and rewrite introduction notice + ## [v57] - 2024-11-01 ### Added diff --git a/src/frederic-chopin/valse/Frederic-Chopin-Valse.ly b/src/frederic-chopin/valse/Frederic-Chopin-Valse.ly index 9c7af4f..b372f35 100644 --- a/src/frederic-chopin/valse/Frederic-Chopin-Valse.ly +++ b/src/frederic-chopin/valse/Frederic-Chopin-Valse.ly @@ -72,13 +72,12 @@ \null \fill-line { \draw-hline } \null\null\null - \line { \abs-fontsize #40 \bold "Valse" } - \null\null - \line \italic { \abs-fontsize #16 "Morgan Library & Museum Manuscript" } - \null\null\null\null + \line { \abs-fontsize #40 \bold "Valse in A minor" } + \null\null\null\null\null \fill-line \italic { \abs-fontsize #14 "For Piano" } \null\null\null \null\null\null + \null\null\null } } } @@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ \pageBreak \markup \center-column { - \vspace #4 + \vspace #2 \line { \hspace #1.5 \general-align #Y #DOWN { @@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ \center-column { \null\null \fill-line \abs-fontsize #10 { - \italic "The manuscript found at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, 2024" + \italic "The manuscript found in 2019 at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York" } } } @@ -125,11 +124,30 @@ \column { \null\null\null \wordwrap \abs-fontsize #11 { - Artur Szklener, director of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw — dedicated to researching and promoting - the composer’s life and work — suggests it could be a trace of Chopin’s teaching, a musical jest, or even a - piece created to make ends meet. - \hspace #2 [ \italic { EL PAÍS — Culture, 2024-10-30 }] + Artur Szklener, Director of the \italic { Fryderyk Chopin Institute,} has noted + \italic { features of the brilliant style } consistent with the composer's activity in the first half + of the 1830s, and suggested that the manuscript's neatness argues against it having been co-written + with a student during a lesson, while highlighting the absence of dedication and signature + – the word \italic Chopin is not written in his hand – + as might be expected of a gift of a manuscript of this type. + \hspace #1 + The relatively numerous performance indications + (such as \italic sforzato, \italic { sempre forte } or finally \italic fortississimo), + the appearance of fingering markings in such a short and simple passage for the pianist are quite + surprising, but could indicate that the manuscript might have been given to an amateur pianist. + \hspace #1 + He regards the piece as more likely a \italic { sketch of the first musical thought, } + \italic { a trace of Chopin's activity in the pianistic community, } + than a complete work, while accepting that the ornamentation of the melody and accompaniment's + \italic { shifting seconds } are hallmarks of the composer's language, albeit combined + with the overrepresentation of almost banal features, such as the nearly exclusive \italic a + sound in the bass or the extremely simple figures that hark back to the brilliant style, + but also deviate even from Chopin's Warsaw compositions. } + \null\null + \line \abs-fontsize #11 { + [ \italic { freely taken from Wikipedia and an article by Dr Artur Szklener }] + } } } \pageBreak @@ -146,7 +164,7 @@ Soprano = \context Voice = "one" \relative c' { \override MultiMeasureRest.staff-position = #0 \override Rest.staff-position = #0 \override Stem.cross-staff = ##t - \omit TupletNumber + %\omit TupletNumber \repeat volta 2 { \partial 4 s4 %1 @@ -156,9 +174,7 @@ Soprano = \context Voice = "one" \relative c' { \once\override Hairpin.shorten-pair = #'(0 . 1.4) \crossStaff { f4^\fz\> } | \crossStaff { e\! } s2 - | %\once\shape #'((0 . -1) (0 . 1) (0 . 1.5) (0 . 2.2)) PhrasingSlur - %\hideNotes c,2\( \unHideNotes \crossStaff { f'4^\fz\) } - \repeat unfold 3 { + | \repeat unfold 3 { s2 \crossStaff { f4^\fz } } %6 @@ -213,12 +229,15 @@ Tenor = \context Voice = "three" \relative c' { \override Stem.cross-staff = ##t \partial 4 a4 %1 - | a4\rest e8( c' dis, c') + | g4\rest^\p + \once\shape #'((0 . 0) (0 . 4) (0 . 5) (-0.5 . 5.5)) PhrasingSlur + e8\( c' dis, c' | d, b' f b - \crossStaff { gis4 } + \crossStaff { gis4\) } | \crossStaff { a } - e8 c' dis, c' - | d, b' f b \crossStaff { gis4 } + \once\shape #'((0 . 0) (0 . 4) (0 . 5) (-0.5 . 5.5)) PhrasingSlur + e8\( c' dis, c' + | d, b' f b \crossStaff { gis4\) } %5 | d8 b' f b \crossStaff { gis4 } | d8^\markup { "cresc." } @@ -227,7 +246,7 @@ Tenor = \context Voice = "three" \relative c' { %21 | c4\rest q | c'\rest b c\rest - | c\rest fis gis4 + | c\rest fis, gis4 } Bass = \context Voice = "four" \relative c { @@ -256,7 +275,7 @@ Bass = \context Voice = "four" \relative c { | a, q %15 | a, q - | a, q + | e, q | a, q | a, q | a, aes, @@ -264,7 +283,7 @@ Bass = \context Voice = "four" \relative c { | g q | c,2. | d2 b4 - | e,8 e'2.*5/6 + | \once\stemUp \slashedGrace e,8 e'2. | a4 a, } \fine @@ -290,8 +309,8 @@ Bass = \context Voice = "four" \relative c { >> >> \header { - composer = "Frédéric Chopin (?)" - opus = "1830 (?)" + composer = "Frédéric Chopin" + opus = "1830-1835 (?)" title = \markup { "Valse" } subtitle = ##f }