John Michael Cooper
Philological and Textual Issues in
Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
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Table 1 - Sources for the Hebrides
Overture. ("A . . ." refers to autographs; "C . . ." refers to
copies; and "E . . ." refers to editions).
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Source
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Description
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AS1 |
Sketch of first 21 mm. (New York Public Library)
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AS2 |
Sketches for development and recapitulation
(Bodleian Library, Oxford)
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AR |
Rome, 16 December 1830 (Pierpont Morgan Library, New
York)
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APf |
Autograph arrangement for piano duet dated at end
London, 19 June 1832 (Bodleian Library, Oxford)
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AL |
Full-score autograph dated at end London, 20 June
1832 (Bodleian Library, Oxford)
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AX |
Full-score autograph produced in May-June 1832
(lost)
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CO |
Copy of full score in another hand, with autograph
entries by the composer (Bodleian Library, Oxford)
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CD |
Copy of full score in another hand, with title page
linking it to "Rietz" (Sächsiche Landesbibliothek,
Dresden)
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CL |
Copy of full score in hand of William Goodwin
(British Library, London)
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CX |
Parts (now lost) produced from AX and used as
source for CL
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EPf1 |
First edition of arrangement for piano four hands
(October 1833)
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EP |
First edition of orchestral parts (March 1834)
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EPf2 |
First edition of arrangement for piano
solo, by F. Mockwitz (fall 1834)
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ES |
First edition of full score (late March
1835)
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ER |
Edition published in
Mendelssohn’s Werke, ed. Julius Rietz, 1874
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Table 2 -
Large-scale Revisions in the Hebrides
Overture: Interaulic Textual Correlations (with reference to
AR and AL)
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Revision no. |
Measures affected (in
terms of familiar version)
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AR
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CO
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CD
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CL
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APf
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AL
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1 |
30-47 |
X |
AR |
AR |
AL |
AL |
X |
2 |
70-96 |
X |
AR |
AR |
AL (post correcturam) |
AL (post correcturam) |
X (ante
and post correcturam) |
3 |
112-23 |
X (two readings) |
AR (post
correcturam) |
AR (post
correcturam) |
AL |
AL |
X |
4 |
131-47 |
X |
AR |
AR |
AL (ante correcturam) |
AL |
X |
5 |
169-74 |
X |
AR |
AR |
AL (post
correcturam) |
AL (post
correcturam) |
X (two
readings) |
6 |
188-93 |
X |
AR |
AR |
AL |
AL |
X |
7 |
221-22 |
X |
AR |
AR |
AL |
AL |
X |
8 |
231-44 |
X (two
readings) |
AR (ante correcturam) |
AR (ante correcturam) |
AL (post correcturam) |
AL (post correcturam) |
X (two
readings) |
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