JAVS Fall 2000

VOL. 16 No.3

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VIOLA SOCIETY

Example 1. Corrected bowing, seven after H, version (a)

Also in version (a), the eighth bar of I, the first printed b natural should be ad (forming a c# minor triad at the beginning of the bar rather than an e major triad as suggested by the part). The viola part, version (e), has the identical mistake in the twelfth bar of 28. This is a printing error in the viola part only and is correct in every score I have seen. Please note that the violas and celli play in unison in this entire territory, including the upcoming triplets. Example 2. Note the misprint in the eighth bar of I. The printed b-natural should appear as a c#. ~-1331 1Wf1Ii'

In versions (b) and (c), the c# is indeed printed correctly but there exists another misprint in the actual score which may even be an oversight by Wagner. The entire bar, five measures before E in the 1861 version, should probably be in octaves with the violins just as it correctly appears five bars before I in the 1845 version.

Example 3. Version (a), six measures before I

Example 4. Versions (b) and (c), six measures before E

The printed eighth rest in versions (a) and (b) makes no musical sense. In addition, a terrible page turn in the viola part occurs at this exact point which ought to be photocopied before bring ing it to an audition. Additional study of these varied editions will, no doubt, bring other dis crepancies to light.