Kohti kriittistä editiota. Musiikkifilologinen analyysi Leevi Madetojan ensimmäisen sinfonian käsikirjoituslähteistä

Abstract

Leevi Madetoja’s (1887–1947) first symphony in F major, opus 29 (1916) was not printed
during the composer’s lifetime. All performances of the work until the 1980s were played
from handwritten orchestra parts. The printed score by Fazer from 1984 is riddled with numerous
omissions, wrong pitches and mistakes in articulation and dynamics, and it seems
to be a hybrid of the composer’s two manuscripts from 1916 and 1943 by an unknown
editor. By today’s standards, the result is questionable, considering that the manuscripts
were separated by 27 years. This article takes a closer look at the manuscript sources of
Madetoja’s first symphony and is part of a larger project producing critical editions of
Madetoja’s orchestral works. My research question is, what are the manuscript sources of
Madetoja’s first symphony, and how are they related? I describe the autographs and handwritten
orchestra parts and locate them in the source chain using genealogical reasoning
and biographical information such as the composer’s correspondence and diaries. I point
out which orchestra materials and autographs are connected and highlight essential differences
between the manuscripts from the point of view of the critical edition. Finally, I
consider which of the autographs would be best suited as the principal source of the new
critical edition.