CRITICAL COMMENTARY MILLAN SACHANIA & MARGARITA MAZO
Abbreviations used in the Critical Commentary S MS T B s a t b s1 (etc.) s2 (etc.) P1, P2, P3, P4 Timb. Xyl. T.d.b. Triang. C.cl.s.t. Tmb.s.t. Crot.
Bar
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Soprano solo Mezzo-Soprano solo Tenor solo Bass solo Soprano chorus Alto chorus Tenor chorus Bass chorus Divided soprano chorus, upper part Divided soprano chorus, lower part Piano 1, Piano 2, Piano 3, Piano 4 Timbales Xylophone Tambour de basque Triangle Caisse claire sans timbre Tambour sans timbre Crotales
C.cl.à.t. Tmb.à.t. Cym. G.c. RH LH
lv IS
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Caisse claire à timbre Tambour à timbre Cymbale(s) Grosse-caisse Right hand Left hand laisser vibrer Igor Stravinsky
Pitches are specified by the Helmholtz system:
Instrument / voice Remark
Premier tableau IS annotation amending the title of the first tableau from ‘La Tresse’ (as in VS-2) to ‘Chez la mariée’ (in parallel with the title of the second tableau, ‘Chez le marié’). This reverts to the planned titles in Stravinsky’s sketches and preliminary drafts. (See ‘Igor Stravinsky’s Les Noces, the Rite of Passage’, p. x, n. 28 above.) PR-2 reverts to ‘La Tresse’, though whether by negligence or design is not clear. 1–2
P1, P3
InS-5b: no LH slur across bar line; here as in PR-2b (IS annotation)
19
P1, P3
InS-5b: RH octave acciaccatura is before bar line; here as S and InS-5a
20, 61, 71
P1, P3
InS-5b: no quaver rests; here as in PR-2
21a, 21b, 72
s, a
dynamics are editorial
22–23, 73–74
S
dynamics are editorial
25–38
P1, P2, P3, P4
InS-5b: etc. come sopra in bar 25 denotes the pattern of articulation and dynamics established in bars 24–25 for the remainder of this section; here written in full
30–31
P1, P2, P3, P4
InS-5b: no hairpins; here as in bars 81–82
35
P1, C.cl.s.t., Tmb.s.t.
InS-5b: rhythm is ; here the rhythm replicates that of the piano part in VS-2; also by analogy with bar 221
39
S
VS-2: no ff; here by analogy with bar 1
39
P1, P2, P3, P4
InS-5b: no ff; here by analogy with bar 1
41, 43, 44, 47, 49 P2, P4
InS-5b: no
52
InS-5b: no >, no sf, no p sub.; here by analogy with bar 11
P2, P4
; here by analogy with bars 3, 6, 8, 9
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