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Issues : Inaccuracies in GC

b. 5

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

 in GC (→GE) & FE

 in EE
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The sources do not state clearly which quaver is affected by the  sign. One can choose between the 2nd quaver, as it is in FE and as GE interpreted the unclear sign of GC (it could have been assigned to the rest of the L.H., falling on the 2nd quaver or apply it to the 3rd, or even the 4th quaver of the bar), or the beginning of the bar, as EE interpreted the notation of FE. The piano and sound reality make us consider both versions to be possible. In the main text we reproduce the notation of the base source, i.e. FE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 6-7

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A

Slurs in GC (→GE)

One slur in FE & EE
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In GC (→GE) the breath in the slur was moved to the turn of bars 6 and 7, due to inaccurate notation of GC. The continuous slur in FE and EE is also most easily attributed to an inaccurate interpretation of A, although the coincidence of two editions is puzzling here.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 7-8

composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

Slur in GC (→GE1)

Slur in FE, EE & GE2 (→GE3)
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The slur of GC, contrary to FE and EE, as well as to the natural shape of the phrase – cf. bar 5 and analog. – is certainly inaccurate. Imprecise, even clearly erroneous slurs are relatively frequent in Gutmann's copies (cf., e.g., bar 9).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 9

composition: Op. 25 No 11, Etude in A minor

Slur in GC (literal reading→GE1)
 
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The slur in GC is written very inaccurately – "boldly" – so that in GE1 it embraces also the first and last crotchet of the bar. It certainly does not correspond to Chopin's idea – cf. inaccurate slurs of GC in bar 10, where the editor did not fall into the trap, and bar 12, where he tried to interpret the dragged slur of GC. See also bars 7-8 or 79-80, as well as, e.g., the Scherzo in C minor, Op. 39, bars 344-347.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 10

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A, contextual interpretation

Slurs in GC

Slurs in FE & GE, literal reading of A

One slur in EE
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There are many ways of interpretation of the inaccurately written slurs of A, e.g., such as it was interpreted in GC or in FE and GE. According to us, Chopin could have been thinking here about such slurs as can be seen in A in bar 18. Therefore, we adopt this version in the main text. The version of EE with a continuous slur is certainly erroneous..

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Inaccuracies in GC