Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A
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b. 40
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composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor
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The slur of A, although quite clearly exceeding the notes it embraces, concerns, according to us, only the repeated f-f1 octaves. The whole-bar slur of FE (→GE,EE) is, therefore, almost certainly erroneous. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Embracing slurs |
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b. 41-44
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composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor
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In bars 41-44, similarly as in bar 40, the slurs in A are written in a very imprecise manner. One can see in these bars corrections and deletions, which also intensifies the difficulties at the time of interpreting the composer's intention. In the main text we give a probable interpretation of A taking account of Chopin's correction in FE in bars.43-44 and analogous bars. As variants, we give interpretations of engravers or revisers of FE (→EE), GE1 and GE2 (→GE3→GE4). category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Embracing slurs , GE revisions |
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b. 145-148
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composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor
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At the repetition of bars 41-44 the sources are not free from mistakes and inaccuracies – none of the editions consistently repeated the same interpretation of A. Cf. the note in these bars. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions |
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b. 172
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composition: Op. 26 No 2, Polonaise in E♭ minor
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The slur of A is written over the notes and it embraces the entire motif, together with the minim. It is also poorly visible due to the ending ink and the upcoming word acceler. It explains the absence of the slur in FE, as its oversight by the engraver or even considering it to be deleted by the overwritten indication is highly likely. The slur was completed in the remaining editions on the basis of analogy with similar bars earlier and bar 173. In the main text we give the slur in this form – under the notes and embracing the semiquavers only, as Chopin, while writing A, probably erroneously wrote the original form of this sign. It is proved by the clear slur in the next bar, as well as the notation of bar 20, in which the composer deleted the longer slur over the stave, replacing it with a shorter one under the notes. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A |
