“Flat or Sharp.” Typographical Errors in the Editions of Nikolai Roslavets’ Piano Sonatas and the Problem of Notation of New Music in the Early 20th Century

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DOI 10.34690/469

Author Anton S. Ivanov

Affiliation Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, Moscow, Russia

Email ivanovton99@yandex.ru

ORCID

0009-0008-9815-5065

Abstract

The article is devoted to typos made in editions of Nikolai Andreevich Roslavets’ piano sonatas. The difficulty of identifying them is due to the composer’s complex musical language. For a critical examination of the musical text, along with archival sources, a thorough harmonic analysis is necessary. Some extreme, at first glance, recording cases turn out to be justified due to this approach. In addition to textual issues, the article touches upon such problems as the refraction of compositional thinking through the method of musical notation, the ratio of the precompositional and effective appearance of the author’s harmony.

For citation

Ivanov, A. S. “ ‘Flat or sharp.’ Typographical errors in the editions of Nikolai Roslavets’ piano sonatas and the problem of notation of new music in the early 20th century.” Muzykal’naya akademiya [Music Academy], no. 2, 2025, pp. 176–185, doi:10.34690/469. (In Russ.)

Acknowledgments

I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Grigory I. Lyzhov, Candidate of Art History, Associate Professor, for the careful guidance of my thesis on the piano sonatas by N. A. Roslavets.

Published 20.01.2025

Approved 21.03.2025

Submitted 27.06.2025

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