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Issues : Tenuto slurs

b. 30-32

composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

Slurs in A (→FC) & GE2 (→GE3)

Slur in FE & GE1

Slurs in EE
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In spite of the clearly divided slurs of A (→FC), both FE and GE1 embrace these three bars with one slur. The slur of EE is the original version, not corrected by Chopin in the base text to this edition (the extension of the slur is visible in A and most probably in FC).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Corrections in A , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC , Tenuto slurs

b. 30

composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

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A slur starting from the minim c2 is a clear example of so-called tenuto-slurs, emphasizing the necessity of holding down the last note under the slur. Cf. e.g. Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, mvt. II, bar 84.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Tenuto slurs

b. 32

composition: Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

Slur to 2nd beat in FC (→GE1)

Slur to f2 in FE (→EE) & GE2
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In the main text we give the longer slur of FC (→GE1). This place appears in the authentic sources – FC and FE – 7 times (bars 24, 32, 56 and 64; in bar 64 only in FC), 5 of which have a slur with such an ending.
The version of GE2 is an editorial revision, making this place look like the version of FC in bar 24. A similar situation is to be seen in bars 56 and 64.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Tenuto slurs

b. 36-37

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

Slur in GC

Slur in FE (→EE)

Slur in GE
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The longer slur of FE (→EE) is most probably a result of an erroneous interpretation of the slur reaching the end of bar 36 in [A]. Chopin would use this kind of tenuto slurs on numerous occasions. The supposition is confirmed in Chopin proofreading of FE3 in the corresponding place of the recapitulation – see bar 224.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Tenuto slurs

b. 41-42

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

Slur in A1

No slur in FE (→EE) & GE
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The omission of the slur of A1 in FE (→EE), which is based thereon, suggests that a similar situation could have taken place in the relationship between [A2] and GE. Such slurs over single notes of the upper voice can be found on several occasions in Chopin's oeuvre, e.g. in the Waltz in A Major, Op. 64 No. 3, b. 77.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Tenuto slurs