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The Secret Life of Musical Notation: defying interpretive traditions

Chapter One Audio Clips

1.9 - F.J. Haydn: Sonata in C Major Hob. XVI/48 - I. Andante con espressione - mm. 55-59
1.15 - F. Schubert: Sonata in A Major, D959 - I. Allegro - mm. 95-98
1.16 - F. Schubert: Impromptu in E-flat Major, D899, no. 2 - mm. 163-171
1.27 - F. Chopin: Etude in C Major, Op. 10, no. 1 - mm. 1-2

This audio file demonstrates how a strong emphasis of the thumb would cause a displacement of the metric pulse on the second sixteenth-note of each group in this measure and in measures that bear the same or similar fingering throughout the Etude. These accents do not serve as dynamic emphases, but rather outline a metric order that differs from the organization that the thumb may dictate if used as a customary point of reference on each ascending gesture.

1.28 - F. Chopin: Etude in F Major, Op. 10, no. 8 - mm. 1-3

This audio file shows the displacement of the meter that could be caused by the lateral attack of the thumb on the last note of each quadruplet in the descending gestures, and the possible dynamic stress caused by the thumb passage in the ascending ones

1.29 - F. Chopin: Etude in c minor, Op. 10, no. 12 - mm. 1-3

This audio file shows a misleading placement of beats via accents on the more intuitive grouping caused by the writing.

1.36 - F. Chopin: Mazurka in a minor, Op. 59, no. 1 - mm. 23-28
1.37 - F. Chopin: Ballade in F Major, Op. 38 - mm. 141-144
1.38 - F. Chopin: Mazurka in g minor, Op. 24, no. 1 - mm. 17-25
1.42 - R. Schumann: Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 - II. Mäβig - mm. 114-118
1.44b - F. Chopin: Sonata in b minor, Op. 58 - I. Allegro maestoso - mm. 33-34
1.46 - F. Chopin: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in e minor, Op. 11 - I. Risoluto - mm. 1-6
1.47 - F. Chopin: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in e minor, Op. 11 - I. Risoluto - mm. 37-39
1.52 - F. Chopin: Sonata in b minor, Op. 58 - I. Allegro maestoso - mm. 28-31
1.53 - F. Chopin: Mazurka in C Major, Op. 24, no. 2 - mm. 1-21
1.56 - L. van Beethoven: Sonata in f minor, Op. 2, no. 1 - I. Allegro - mm. 15-18 (Artur Schnabel Edition)
1.57 - L. van Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 7 - II. Largo, con gran espressione - mm. 8-12
1.59 - F. Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60 - mm. 80-82
  1.60 - F. Chopin: Sonata in b minor, Op. 58 - I. Allegro maestoso - mm. 88-91a (Meissonier Edition, 1845)
1) This audio clip features an interpretation of the hairpin in question as suggesting the prevalence of the tenor line.
2) This audio clip features an interpretation of the hairpin in question as suggesting a broadening of pace.
1.61 - F. Chopin: Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, no. 7
1.62 - F. Chopin: Mazurka in c-sharp minor, Op. 63, no. 3 - mm. 65-76

This audio clip features an interpretation of the hairpin in question as suggesting a broadening of pace.