Slurs
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b. 164-168
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II
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The slur of GC (→GE) includes only this part of the five-bar-long melodic passage whose performance Chopin assigned to the left hand. It is certainly an inaccuracy, perhaps repeated after [A] (the original version?). In turn, a respective slur in FE is broken at the end of the text's line and most probably it was supposed to be led to the end of the phrase (Chopin could have extended it in [A] already after having prepared GC). There is no doubt it is necessary to embrace the entire passage with a slur, if we take into consideration the authentic slurring of analogous phrases. Both possibilities of starting the slur – from the first or second beat of bar 164 – can be considered to be equal. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC , Authentic corrections of EE |
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b. 171
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II category imprint: Differences between sources |
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b. 172-177
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II
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Both versions of the beginning of the slur may be authentic and they can be considered to be equal. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Authentic corrections of EE |
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b. 177-183
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II
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According to us, the slurs of FE (→EE), more consistent, probably convey Chopin's notation in [A] more accurately than the slurs in GC. The latter are imprecise, so it is not obvious how they are meant to be understood, e.g., we interpret the beginning of the slur in bar 177 – differently than GE – as falling on the 2nd beat of the bar. It cannot be excluded that the slur beginning in bar 179 is supposed to be interpreted similarly. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in GC |
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b. 195-197
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II
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The two sources versions of slurring in these bars do not exhaust all the potentially authentic combinations of slurs – see bars 7-9. Therefore, as an alternative we suggest two more possibilities – a supplementation to the FE version, and a version analogous to the probably authentic EE slur added in bars 7-9. category imprint: Differences between sources |
