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b. 194-195

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Slur to a1 in A & EE

No slur in FE

Slur to g1 in GE
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The analysis of the corrections of slurs in similar motifs that are visible in A – in b. 8-19, 100-101 and perhaps 198-199, one can see that the slurs were being prolonged so that they reached the minim ending the motif – leads to the conclusion that the slur in the discussed bars is the initial version of slurring of this figure, left by inadvertence. Therefore, in the main text we give a longer slur, compliant with the final slurring concept.
The absence of the slur in FE must be an oversight by the engraver, which was amended – most probably on the basis of a comparison with analogous figures – both by GE and EE. The reviser of GE probably took into account previous similar places too, whereas his English colleague looked only at the nearest figure, in b. 196.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 194

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Chords in AsI, contextual interpretation

Single notes in remaining sources
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In AsI the lower R.H. voices are struck in the same rhythm as the top one. The notation is inaccurate – Chopin did not restore the b1 in the chord on the 4th quaver of the bar. In the final edition of the 3rd variation, this version was not used even once.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 194

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

> in A

&  in GE (→FE,EE)

in FESB
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 194-195

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Slur in GE (→FE,EE), contextual interpretation
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The slur between these bars was added in GE1, possibly by Chopin. However, the notation is inaccurate, as only the ending of the slur in bar 195, on a new line, is printed. According to the editors, a mistaken placement of this slur cannot be ruled out, especially since there is no slur in this place in a similar phrase in bars 178-179. On the other hand, the vast majority (8 out of 11) of figures in which a demisemiquaver after a rest precedes a note of a different pitch are covered by a two-note slur. In addition, 2 out of 3 situations in which there is no slur are problematic – the slur in bars 180-181 has almost certainly been missed (in the analogous bars 192-193 the appropriate slur is present), and in bar 194 the demisemiquaver b1 leads in the melody to c2, but b1 is repeated in the lower voice. Taking into account this statistic and the possibility of Chopin's correction, we include the slur in question in the main text.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of GE , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 194

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I

No slur in A

Slur in GE (→FE,EE,IE)

Slur suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest a slur under the quaver group after the analogous situations in bar 16 and 42. GE (→FE,EE,IE) also added a slur.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions