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Issues : Uncertain slur continuation

b. 71-72

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

Continuous slur in GC, FE (→EE) & GE2

New slur in GE1
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GE1 ends a page on bar 71, and the slur reaches the end of that bar. This may suggest a possible continuation of the slur in the next bar or a tenuto ending of the slur. In bar 72 a new slur starts from the beginning of the bar in support of the latter, and that is how we reproduce it in our system. In any case this amounts to the engraver's inaccuracy, amended in GE2.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation , Tenuto slurs

b. 71-72

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

Longer slur in AI & FE (contextual interpretation→EEW)

Shorter slur in FE (literal reading→EEC)

No slur in GE
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In FE a mistake was committed by not continuing the slur in a new line, which was reproduced in EEC as a slur over 4 quavers. In the main text we correct this oversight by leading the slur to c1-e1, as it was interpreted in EEW. The absence of the slur in GE is probably a mistake, although it cannot be excluded that the proof copy of FE1 that served as the basis for GE1 did not yet include this slur – see the note on the slur in bar 69.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in GE , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 71-72

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

Slur in b. 71 in FE (literal reading →GE1,EEW)

2 slurs in GE2 (→GE3), contextual interpretation

Continuous slur suggested by the editors
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The slur starting in bar 71 in FE suggests that it should be continued, which is not confirmed by the beginning of bar 72 (in a new line), in which there is no slur. It is difficult to say whether it was also the case for [A], or whether this version resulted from the engraver's carelessness. In GE1 and EEW the slur of FE was interpreted literally, thus encompassing only two notes in bar 71. However, a comparison with bars 59-60 points to a slur reaching the e2 minim as the right one, which we give in the main text. In GE2 (→GE3) a slur was added in bar 72; however, its compliance with the slur in bar 71 was not ensured – the slur starts from the 1st quaver and runs under the notes.

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

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

b. 75-76

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

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In FE (→GE) the slur started in b. 75, the last on the page, has no ending in b. 76. The inaccuracy was corrected in EE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 78-79

composition: Op. 22, Polonaise

2 slurs in FE (→GE1)

3 slurs in EE & GE2 (→GE3)

2 slurs suggested by the editors
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The slurs combining the bass octaves at the transition between b. 78 and 79 are marked inaccurately in FE – in b. 78, which closes the page, there is only the slur that runs from d, whereas in b. 79 there are 2 slurs on the bottom stave, reaching c and C. Therefore, it is highly likely that, like the motifs in b. 77 and 81, Chopin marked the discussed pair with two slurs between the parts of both hands. In the main text we move these slurs outside the text, which seems to be clearer. EE and GE2 (→GE3) also considered that Chopin's notation required a change – a slur was added between the topmost notes of the octaves, on the top stave.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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