{"product_id":"mazurkas-chopin-national-edition-4a-vol-iv","title":"Mazurkas — Chopin National Edition 4A, Vol. IV","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncludes Mazurkas Op. 6-41, Op. 42A and 42B,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChopin composed his “Mazurkas” continuously from 1825 to 1849. Inspired by Polish folk dance, Chopin's mazurkas gradually became compositions of meditative lyricism, and the most personal statement of expression. Of the variants in musical notation, those designated ossia were marked in this way by Chopin himself or inscribed in his hand in pupils' copies. See also 00132282 for the Mazurkas published posthumously.arked in this way by Chopin himself or inscribed in his hand in pupils' copies, while those without this indication result from textual divergences in authentic copies or from difficulties in reading the text in an unambiguous way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe National Edition of the Works of Fryderyk Chopin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished by PWM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExclusively Distributed by Hal Leonard Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCo-Editors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJan Ekier and Pawel Kaminski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe objective of the National Edition is to present Chopin's complete output in its authentic form, based on the entire body of available sources. Sources were analyzed with up-to-date scientific and musicological methodology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe National Edition was based on sources originated from the composer, mainly autographs, copies of autographs and first editions with the composer's corrections, and pupils' copies with Chopin's annotations. In cases when original sources were lacking, the closest possible materials were used. Collecting the source materials was a laborious task which took years of effort.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe characteristics of sources, the links and discrepancies between them as well as the reasons for particular editorial decisions are discussed in the \u003cb\u003eSource Commentary\u003c\/b\u003e in each volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ePerformance Commentary\u003c\/b\u003e appended to each volume includes: the realization of ornaments, comments on pedal markings (the original markings sometimes are inadequate, due to the difference in sound between pianos used in Chopin`s times and modern pianos), suggestions as to the “harmonic legato” (a performance technique often used by Chopin and now forgotten).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/serwer1374796.home.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/o_wydaniu_narodowym.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAbout the National Edition\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/serwer1374796.home.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/introduction_to_NE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFull Introduction to the Polish National Edition of the Works of Fryderyk Chopin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PWM Edition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53473775780158,"sku":"00132281","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/1396\/9982\/files\/00132281p1.jpg?v=1778662335","url":"https:\/\/themusiciansclub.net\/products\/mazurkas-chopin-national-edition-4a-vol-iv","provider":"The Musicians Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}