Issues : Uncertain slur continuation
b. 45
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composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor
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According to us, the slurs coinciding with each other is a more likely interpretation of the notation of AI and AF than the continuous slur of the editions, since in b. 45 a new phrase begins. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources |
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b. 45-46
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composition: Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor
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In FE, bar 46 is the first in a new line of text, and the phrase mark begins there simultaneously with the continuation of the tie to f2. This suggests that this slur is also a continuation of a slur from the previous bar, but at the end of bar 45 there is only the beginning of the tie. Both in GE and EEW the slur begins from the first quaver in bar 46, but it is possible that Chopin wanted to lead the slur from the moment the note is struck, i.e. from the f2 quaver in bar 45. We consider this interpretation to be text of FE and we accept it in the main text. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 47-48
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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According to us, the slur of A is doubly inaccurate:
In the main text, we suggest a reconstruction of Chopin's alleged intention based on the above conditions. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions |
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b. 47-48
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In A, the slur in b. 47, at the end of the line, clearly suggests that it should be continued, yet there is no ending thereof in b. 48. The fact that the version of b. 48 is erroneous (incomplete) is confirmed by a comparison with an analogous situation in b. 45-46, in which the slur undoubtedly reaches the 1st crotchet in b. 46. In FE (→GE,EE), it is the version of b. 47 that was considered inaccurate. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources |
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b. 47-48
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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In all editions, bar 47 is the final one in the line; moreover, the slur that reaches b. 48 was overlooked in it – it is only the ending of that slur that was printed in b. 48 (in FE this fragment was overlooked too). The diligence with which three different editions – EE, FESB and GE3 – reproduced this clearly erroneous notation is truly puzzling. In our transcriptions, due to a different layout, we treat the versions of all editions as not including a slur. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information issues: Errors in GE , Uncertain slur continuation , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE |