Variants of the Musical Text of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Sonata No. 1 for Piano
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still contains compositions which have remained un studied in full measure. These works include the
Sonata No. 1 for piano, opus 28 in D minor. Various versions of the musical text of the composition
are compared in the article, including the three preserved manuscripts. The following musical score
texts are examined: the manuscript which belonged to Konstantin Igumnov (dated May 14, 1907);
two autograph scores (from September 17, 1907 and March 30, 1908); early publications of the
Sonata (the first publication from 1908 in the company “A. Gutheil”; the British publication from
1908 by “Hawkes & Son”) and the most popular Russian editions (from 1948, 1964, 1981 and
2012). The author also analyzes certain moments of the composer’s biography, which present the
possibility to gain insight into the reasons for the fragmentarily cardinal differences between the
various manuscripts. The methods used in the research make it possible to approach an objective
understanding of the composer’s conception and the arising doubts in the genuineness of the musical
score text which may appear in the pianist’s mind during the process of work on Rachmaninoff’s
Sonata No. 1 for piano.Keywords: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sonata No. 1 for piano, musical score autograph, Konstantin
Igumnov, musical text.
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