Issues : Uncertain slur continuation
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b. 154-155
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I
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The slur's division in EE is an inaccuracy which results from bar 155 starting a new line. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: EE inaccuracies , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 157-158
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I
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The missing slurs in GC (→GE1) must be an oversight – the copyist wrote only the part of the slur starting in b. 158, at the beginning of a new line, overlooking the slurring of b. 157. GE2 limited itself to adding slurs in b. 157 (most probably by analogy with b. 153) – the already printed slur in b. 158 was left unchanged. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 157-158
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I
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Taking into account the versions of FE and GC, one may assume that the slur of GC at the end of b. 157 could have been added by Chopin. The aim of that change was undoubtedly a slur encompassing the entire three-quaver motif (as it is 4 bars earlier), which was guessed in EE (the correction could have even been introduced by Chopin in the Stichvorlage for EE). GE reproduced the notation of GC literally, i.e. as coinciding slurs. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Embracing slurs , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections in GC , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 159-166
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composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major
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The slur in the R.H. ends in A in bar 158. It is likely that the composer forgot about the slur's continuation after passing to a new line; the slur was not added in any of the editions. category imprint: Editorial revisions issues: Errors of A , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 162-165
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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There are probably several reasons for the differences in the slurring of these bars. The slur of A (→FE) is probably inaccurate – one can see that Chopin was running out of ink; therefore, one can assume that it was supposed to reach the beginning of b. 165, like in analogous b. 30-33. This is the interpretation of the slur of A that we give in the main text. The slur of FC is clearly erroneous – the copyist reproduced only the ending of the slur of A, falling on the beginning of a new line, despite the fact that the line in A opens with b. 164, whereas in FC – with b. 163. GE1 repeated the notation of FC; however, the slur was led to the beginning of b. 164, which can be considered an interpretation of the slur of FC. GE2 regarded the slurs of FC and GE1 as erroneous and replaced them with a slur modelled after b. 30-33. GE3 generally returned to the version of FC, yet the beginning of the slur was placed in b. 162, which does not affect its meaning. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Errors of FC , Uncertain slur continuation |
