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Issues : Triplet slurs

b. 15

composition: WN 17, Polonaise in B♭ major

No slurs in JC

Slurs in FEF

Ties in GEF

Slurs in PE

Slur in PE, no 'triplet' slurs
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Lack of the slurs including each of the irregular semiquaver groups seems to be an error of JC. Generally, Chopin would provide such groups with a slur, most often together with a number determining the type of the group. Such slurs are most probably seen in FEF, while in GEF they have a form of ties sustaining the g1 crotchets. Also PE has here slurs which are a part of marking of irregular groups; however, due to the fact that Chopin additionally included the entire semiquaver figure under one slur, we omit the slurs in the main text (cf. General Editorial Principles, p. 16). 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Triplet slurs , Errors of JC

b. 20

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

An additional slur in A (→GE→FE→EE)

Without the added slur
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We remove the extra slur over the triplet - see General Editorial Principles, point 16. In analogous bar 28 that simplified notation was also used by Chopin.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Triplet slurs

b. 23

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

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We remove the additional slur over the triplet - see General Editorial Principles, point 16.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Triplet slurs

b. 23

composition: Op. 28 No. 15, Prelude in D♭ major

Slur in sources

No slur, our suggestion
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As was the case with b. 4 and 79, in the main text we omit the additional slur being a part of the marking of the irregular group – cf. General Editorial Principles, p. 16.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Triplet slurs

b. 27-28

composition: Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

Slur in A, GE & EE

No slur in FE

Our suugestion
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The correct phrasing of the motif in these bars, although not marked by Chopin, is undeniable, therefore, in the main text we suggest a slur based on the adjacent bars. The slur of A is a typical triplet slur and if Chopin had paid attention to this place, he would have probably added a phrasing slur or prolonged the existing one.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Triplet slurs