Much of the music written in the last 100 years remains under the control of its original publishers and is not always readily available in updated or corrected editions. Setting broader copyright concerns aside, I would like to focus on a work currently published by Boosey: Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne for cello and piano (1932). This work exists in several related forms, including Pulcinella, the ballet (1920); the Pulcinella Suite for orchestra (1920, rev. 1947); the Suite Italienne for violin and piano (1925, rev. 1934 in collaboration with Dushkin); and the Suite Italienne for cello and piano (1932, in collaboration with Piatigorsky).

The cello and piano version of the Suite is largely based on the 1925 violin and piano version. Other than a few revoicings, Stravinsky replaced the Gavotte and Scherzino with the Aria. As with many publications, this Suite contains a number of misprints that appear to have persisted across successive printings.

To assist performers preparing this work, I have compiled a list of errata in the cello part below.

1. Introduzione

m. 6: staccato mark needs to be on note 4, not note 3 
m. 11: lower-voice slur needs to be on notes 2-3, not on notes 3-4
m. 27: slur missing from notes 1-2 in the piano part
m. 32 cello part is missing the trill on beat 3 
mm. 38-40: cello part slurs notes 1-3 and 4-9 together; piano score slurs notes 1-6 and 7-9 as in the previous passage 

2. Serenata

m. 18: trills missing from notes 1, 3, 5. Trills are present in all other versions.
m. 23-26: the harmonic diamond is in the wrong place. The C must be a solid notehead with a diamond a 5th above.

3. Aria

m. 32: both cello part and score have an odd double time signature. It should just be cut time.
m. 39: cello part missing slur over the 3 notes
m. 69: cello part has a dim. hairpin across mm. 68-69 
m. 92: piano score missing accent on note 2
m. 107: cello part has a sff on note 4; piano score has a sf
m. 107: cello part has an extra beat; notes 4-5 need to be eighths
m. 130: cello part has a dim. hairpin on notes 2-3 and the p is on note 2 of m. 131; piano score doesn't have a dim. has a subito p in m. 131
m. 164: cello part has a sf on note 1; piano score has a ff on note 1 
m. 176: attacca missing in the piano score

4. Tarantella

nota bene: m. 19, note 3 is a tritone; m. 20, note 4 is a tritone
m. 70: piano score missing staccato markings on all notes
m. 90: piano score has a double bar before the last measure

5a. Minuetto

m. 35: lower-voice note 1 fingering should be 2, not thumb
m. 46: upper-voice note 1 fingering should be 3, not thumb
m. 61: piano score is missing the accents on notes 2-5

5b. Finale

m. 23: piano score missing dolce 
m. 29: piano score missing f sub. 
m. 69: piano score missing slur on notes 2-3
m. 79: cello part has an E as note 2; piano score has a G (correct)
m. 95: the fingering on the lower-voice note 1 must be thumb, not 1
m. 111: piano score missing f on beat 1