The Secret Life of Musical Notation: defying interpretive traditions
Chapter Six Audio Clips
6.2a - F. Chopin: Polonaise Fantaisie in A-flat Major, Op. 61 - m. 244, beat 3
6.2b - F. Chopin: Polonaise Fantaisie in A-flat Major, Op. 61 - m. 264
6.4a - J. S. Bach: Subject of the Gigue from the French Suite in d minor, BVW 812
This audio clip features the subject in Bach’s original notation
6.4b - J. S. Bach: Subject of the Gigue from the French Suite in d minor, BVW 812
This audio clip features the subject as it would be rhythmically interpreted according to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s instruction
6.5a - J. S. Bach: Beats three and four, measure 9, from the Fugue in d minor, Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
This audio clip features the measure in question as it was notated by the composer
6.5b - J. S. Bach: Beats three and four, measure 9, from the Fugue in d minor, Well-Tempered Clavier Book II
This audio clip features the measure in question as it would be rhythmically interpreted according to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s instruction
6.21 a & b - F. Chopin: Sonata in b minor, Op. 58 - I. Allegro maestoso - m. 50
This audio clip includes both examples 6.21a and 6.21b in one single file, as they represent consecutive measures of the same passage.
6.22 - F. Chopin: Sonata in b minor, Op. 58 - I. Allegro maestoso - m. 51
6.26 - F. Chopin: Sonata in b minor, Op. 58 - III. Largo - m. 26
6.31 - J. Brahms: Rhapsody in g minor, Op. 79, no. 2 - mm. 26-32