Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A
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b. 3-4
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composition: Op. 28 No. 3, Prelude in G major
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The longer slur of FC (→GE) resulted from a mistake of the copyist, most probably confused by the contour of a fragment of the slur written on the back of this page (over b. 22) blending into the slur of A. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors of FC |
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b. 3
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composition: Op. 28 No. 20, Prelude in C minor
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The slurs of CGS in these bars are most probably doubly inaccurate, both in terms of their number and range. AB also has two slurs, and we consider that the slur in b. 3 encompasses the entire bar (Chopin probably ran out of ink). In turn, in all the sources related to the publication of the Prelude, those bars are encompassed with one slur; the same applies to ACh (we assume that the slur intentionally reaches the end of b. 4 – see the characterization of ACh). category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 4-5
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composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major
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The extent of the slur is not precisely marked in A. In GE (→FE→EE) the slur was read as ending in bar 4. In our opinion, it is more probable that Chopin intended it to reach the beginning of bar 5 (cf. the remark at the end of bar 2). category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 4-5
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composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major
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The slur in the R.H., embracing the first four bars, reaches as far as the first note of bar 5 in A. However, connecting the initial four-bar section with the following phrase is very unnatural, both pianistically (change of register and the resulting change of hand position) and musically (evident separation of phrases underlined with the double bar line in bar 5). Therefore, considering the original notation of the slur to be imprecise, we assume that it embraces bars 1-4. This is how it was interpreted in GE (→FE→EE). We come across similar situations in some other places as well, e.g. in bars 22-23 and 49-50. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 4-13
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composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor
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In A, the slurs linking b1 with a1 in bars 4-5 and 12-13 have the form of a short slur reaching the quaver a1:
category imprint: Interpretations within context; Source & stylistic information issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
. One's attention is drawn to the shape of those slurs, typical for Chopin's ties.