Veniamin Fleishman. “Rothschild’s Violin”. Opera

SCORE

   This publication is based on the hand-written copy of the score (kept in the DSCH hire department), collated with the author’s manuscript of Shostakovich’s orchestrated score (RSALA, rec. gr. 2048, inv. 1, f. 57).
   Additional sources include the author’s manuscript of Fleishman’s incomplete score (RSALA, rec. gr. 2048, inv. 1, f. 58), the author’s manuscript of Fleishman’s piano score (Dmitri Shostakovich’s Archive, rec. gr. 2, s. 1, f. 590) and the author’s manuscript of Shostakovich’s piano score (RSALA, rec. gr. 2048, inv. 1, f. 57a).
   While faithfully following the notation of Veniamin Fleischman’s author’s manuscripts, Shostakovich changed some of the music notes during editing and orchestration of the opera.
   The editor of this edition has included the mistakes, inaccuracies and obvious omissions of certain designations—dynamics, accents, bowings, slurs, etc.—noted in Shostakovich's score without giving them special mention.

PIANO SCORE

   This publication is based on the printed edition of the piano score (Moscow, Muzyka, 1965), collated with the author’s manuscript of the piano score edited by Dmitri Shostakovich (RSALA, rec. gr. 2048, inv. 1, f. 57a), and the score published in this edition. Additional sources include the author’s manuscript of Fleischman’s piano score (Dmitri Shostakovich’s Archive, rec. gr. 2, s. 1, f. 590) and the manuscript of Shostakovich’s orchestrated score (RSALA, rec. gr. 2048, inv. 1, f. 57).
   The printed edition of the piano score was prepared for print by editor Georgi Kirkor based on the piano score edited by Shostakovich and Shostakovich’s orchestrated score. Shostakovich’s piano score is very sparing with respect to dynamics, bowings, and slurs. Therefore, Georgi Kirkor transferred many details of the notation in Shostakovich’s score to printed edition. The different semantic meaning of the slurs transferred from the orchestrated score draws particular attention. The slurs copied from the Fiati and Ottoni parts are phrase markings, while those copied from the Archi parts are dashed slurs. These slurs are preserved in this edition.
   The text and location of the stage directions are given in accordance with the score being published.
   The mistakes, inaccuracies and obvious omissions of certain symbols (dynamics, accents, bowings, slurs, etc.) noted in printed edition have been added to this edition by the editor without specific mention.