Issues : Uncertain slur continuation

b. 64-67

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt III

Slur from bar 66 in FE (→GE1GE2)

Slur from bar 65 in EE

Slur from bar 64 in GE3

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The slur of FE starts from the beginning of the line of text; at the same time, its beginning suggests continuation from the previous bar. That fact indicates that the initial part of the slur was overlooked, which we amend in the main text by starting the slur at the beginning of the two-part progression. The slur was identically prolonged in GE3.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 65-66

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

Shorter slur in FE1, literal reading

Longer slur in FE2 (→EEW) & GE

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The fact that the slur was not continued after the transition to a new line in FE1 is almost certainly an oversight, corrected – probably by Chopin – in FE2 (→EEW). The mistake was also noticed and corrected in GE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 68-69

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

Slurs in AI, probable interpretation

Continuous slur in AI, possible interpretation

Slurs in AF (contextual interpretation→FE) & GE1

Slurs in AF (literal reading) & GE2

Slur to bar 68 in EE

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In AI the ending of the slur in b. 68 (at the end of the line) suggests continuation; however, a flat slur begins in the new line from the 1st note of b. 69, in which one can see either a continuation of the preceding one or a new slur. The beginning of the slur in b. 69 in AF is also unclear – a flat line gradually emerges over the b1 minim, hence one can assume that Chopin started writing it earlier. The slurs of FE were probably corrected from a continuous slur, and, although the final notation is imprecise, the division of the slur between the bars is unquestionable. The same slurs are included in GE1, and this is the version we give in the main text.
EE are devoid of the R.H. slurs from b. 69 to b. 92, which is probably an oversight. See the notes in b. 77 and 92.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 68

composition: Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

Slur to bar 69 in sources

Slur to G in AI, possible interpretation

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Uncertain slur continuation

b. 71-76

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A (→FE,EE)

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In GC the slurs in bars 71-76 are written inaccurately, yet in the majority of the cases they embrace the bar from the first to the last note (only in bar 72 the slur clearly starts from the 2nd note). GE has bar-long slurs in all these bars. In the main text we give the slurs of A (→FE,EE), distinctly different despite slight inaccuracies at line breaks. See also bars 77-79.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC , Uncertain slur continuation