A Cartoon of Mahler

Working Paper: Variant Readings in Early Manuscripts of  „Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen‟

Abbreviations

A = autograph (i.e. Mahler)     C = copyist     F = full (orchestral) score

V = piano-vocal score

h = high voice     m = medium voice

 

Colour coding

reading from CF5m adopted in revision to ACV5m

CV5m has unique reading in vocal part

 

  AV5h (F-Pgm)

[17–21 August 1901]

ACV5m (A-Wn)

[1905?]

AF5h (US-NYpm) [1901–1902/3],

 ACF5h (A-Wn) [1902–3],

CF5m (A-Wn) [1905]

Bar Part        
  Top of page 1 nach Es-dur transponiere (A)    

1

 

Sehr langsam und zurück haltend

Sehr langsam und zurückhaltend

AF5h/CF5m: Aüsserst langsam und züruckhaltend

Interesting that this inconsistency was not resolved

2–3

P

 

long l.h. slur omitted

error

 

3

P

 

tie to b. 4 omitted

error

 

11

P

Stets mit zartestem, verhaltenen Ton

As AV5h but deleted in pencil and replaced with Ruhevoll (non-A)

AF5h, ACF5h and CF5m: Ruhevoll

 

12

V

 

short < added in pencil below stave

not in AF5h, ACF5h or CF5m

 

13

V

 

short > added in pencil below stave

not in AF5h, ACF5h or CF5m

 

14

r.h.

 

slurs deleted in pencil and new single slur from b. 13 added

editorial?

 

15

 

Revised in pencil and ink

a) Orig. version copied and subsequently revised in red and lead pencil (A?)

b) Zögernd added in pencil (non-A)

a) same sequence in AF5h, ACF5h; rev. version only in CF5m

 

b) AF5h, ACF5h and CF5m: Zögernd

 

16

V

 

wavy line above vocal part (=rubato? non-A= singer?) but see b. 34

not in AF5h, ACF5h or CFhm

 

18

V

 

a tempo / pp added in pencil (non-A)

not in AF5h, ACF5h or CF5m (what was the source?) PFh1/PFhm: a tempo is at b. 17 (pp absent)

 

19

Text

no comma

comma added in pencil (non-A?)

no comma in AF5h, ACF5h; CF5m has comma

 

22

P

a Tempo

as AVh; pencil rev. to tempo

original in AF5h, ACF5h; rev. version in CF5m

 

24

V

 

pp added in pencil (non-A)

not in AF5h, CF5m

 

25

 

 

pp added and then deleted in pencil (non-A)

not in AF5h, CF5m

 

26

V

 

p added in red pencil on 3rd quaver (=A?)

not in AF5h, ACF5h, CF5m

 

28

V

 

Etwas fliessender, aber nicht eilen added in pencil (non-A)

From AF5h, CF5m

 

28–29

V

 

<> added above stave in pencil (non-A?)

not in AF5h, CF5m; not deleted in pencil

 

30

P

?

cGraphic representinmg a flat sign'' in pencil overwrites bGraphic representing a natural'? (probably non-A)

editorial

 

33

P

 

p added in pencil

In both AF5h and CF5m

 

34

V

< >

< > erased with wavy line in pencil (c.f. b. 16)

not in AF5h, CF5m; so revision restores CF5m reading

 

35

V

 

< added above stave in pencil

not in AF5h, CF5m;

 

36

V

pp

overwritten p in blue pencil (A?)

no dynamic in AF5h or CF5m

 

37

V

 

Nicht schleppen! added in pencil above the stave (non-A)

From AF5h, CF5m;

 

38

V

 

< added in pencil

In both AF5h and CF5m (though rather shorter)

 

39

V

no dynamics or accent, but note value =

accent and decrescendo hairpin added in pencil

note value changed in pencil from to and rest

AF5h and CF5m: accent; note value =

 

 

40

 

zurückhaltend

Wieder added in pencil (non-A)

From AF5h, CF5m;

 

42

P

 

corrects transposition error in pencil

 

 

43

 

Wieder sehr langsam

Deleted in pencil and replaced by Tempo I

From AF5h, CF5m;

 

 

v

(pp)

as in AF5h

no dynamic in AF5h or CF5m

 

45

V

 

pp added; and deleted in pencil (by an editor?)

not in AF5h, CF5m

 

48

Text

!

! omitted

uncorrected error

 

51

 

Nicht schleppen

deleted in pencil

not in AF5h, CF5m

 

 

Text

meinem

miscopied as einem and deleted and replaced with meinem in red pencil

 

 

52

Text

! In

deleted and replaced with , in in pencil

From AF5h, CF5m;

 

53

Text

Leben

comma added in pencil

From AF5h, CF5m;

 

55

Text

In

revised to in in pencil

From AF5h, CF5m;

 

 

V

pp

pp

No dynamic in AF5h; (pp) in CF5m

 

56

Text

Lieben

comma added in pencil

! in AF5h and CF5m

 

58

P

 

chords corrected in pencil (A?)

 

 

 

Text

und

und revised to in in pencil

 

 

59

V

semibreve

revised to and rest in blue pencil

From AF5h, CF5m;

 

 

Text

Lied!

Full point (uncorrected copying error)

Lied! in AF5h, CF5m

 

 

P

 

pp added in pencil (A?)

 

 

60

P

 

 

AF5h, CF5m: verklärt! [this revision NOT transferred to CV5]

 

62

P

 

slur d' to d'' deleted in pencil

n.b. no glissando in AF5h or CF5m

 

62–3

P

 

morendo added in pencil

Not in AF5h or CF5m

 

 

 

slur d' to f'' not deleted

slur eGraphic representinmg a flat sign' to g'' not deleted

AF5h, CF5m: glissando eGraphic symbol for a flat to g''

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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