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b. 136-137

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

Two slurs in A & GE2op (→GE3op)

Slur in FE (→EE)

No slurs in GE1op & GE1no2

Two-bar slur in GE2no2
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In the main text, we give the most certain slurs of A, as far as the sources are concerned. Omission of both slurs in GE1op and GE1no2 may mean that they were originally absent also in FE (cf. bars 138-139), in which, however, a slur in bar 137 was added in the last proofreading. The addition – perhaps coming from Chopin – certainly does not mean that bar 136 is to be devoid of a slur, in turn, it confirms the use of a new slur for bar 137 (cf. bars 8-9). The slurs added in later GE – different for each of two versions of this edition – are certainly revisions of the editors, modelled on analogous bars 8-9 (GE2op) or 152-153 (GE2no2).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 136

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

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We add a cautionary  before c in the L.H. On the other hand, EE added a poorly justified cautionary  before f2 in the last R.H. octave.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 136

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

Slur in A (literal reading→GE→FE→EE)

Slur in A, contextual interpretation
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The slur in A is misleading – placed over the crotchets of the bottom voice, yet it clearly indicates the b minim as its beginning. The doubt is dissipated – to the favour of a slur combining the crotchets – by a slur in analogous bar 284. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 136-137

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

Slur to e2 in A, contextual interpretation

Slur to e2 in A (possible interpretation→GE→FE→EE)
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According to us, the slur of A, extended by Chopin until the bar line, was supposed to lead to f2 at the beginning of bar 137. However, its range is not entirely clear, which was reproduced in GE – the slur in bar 136, at the end of the line, suggests a continuation, which is however absent in bar 137. We assume – same as FE (→EE) – that it means separated slurs, which are at the same time an alternative possibility of interpreting A.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 136

composition: Op. 19, Bolero

No slur in FE (→GE,EE1)
 
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The reviser of EE2 (→EE3) arbitrarily added a slur for the first two chords in the R.H. (also in analogous bar 250).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions