JAVS Spring 2001

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Ex. la and lb. Movement one, 7 measures after 15 1929 original trq~~~ & v~r:-- ===----===

1961 revision-trill altered to F# ir#~~~- :P:._......---.__.....--.. i v· r- 1 ===----===

Ex. 2a, 2b and 2c. Movement two, 1 measure before 19

1929 original

1961 revision-optional harmonic provided

> > & 1 fr'rftftt 1 i, ~=ff

& 1 fr'rdttt 1 ~, ~==ff

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Ex. 3a and 3b. Movement two, 1 measure after 24 1929 original IIH u J J J J I ]1 J nlnJ IJ .ff.f' >> > 1961 revision-optional octave double stops indicated ossia con svas_ - - - - - - - - - - -- -- -- - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - ---., IIH 11 J J J J I ]1 J J 1 I nd £lin J I I J .ff.f' >> > Ex. 4a and 4b. Movement two, 3 measures before 30 1929 original IIH )1 r ~ '1 > Ex. 5a and 5b. Movement two, 3 measures before 26 1929 original

1961 revision-glissando added > IIH ]1 r ~~[ ' >

1961 revision-harmonics added

Publication of piano arrangements followed the release of each of the Viola Concerto scores. Although both publications are piano arrangements, they contain orchestral cues so that a soloist can use them in rehearsals. The arrangement corresponding to the 1929 score was first published in 1930 and was edited by Lionel Tertis. The second arrangement was published in 1964 and was again edited by Lionel Tertis, following release of the 1961 revision. Despite a common editor, the two arrangements vary in the degree to which they accurately reflect their corresponding score. The 1930 arrangement is contradictory to the solo part ofWalton's 1929 score. Dynamics are shifted, changed, deleted, or even added. The bowings are misleading, especially in the first movement; slurs are extended to connect more notes than initially indicated, altering Walton's original note-groupings. Few measures are free from some kind of alteration. In contrast, the