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b. 199

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Slur in A (→FE→EE,GE)

No slur in GE1a
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The missing slur over the b-d1 thirds must be an oversight by the engraver of GE1a. See also b. 204.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 199

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A one can see that the last two crotchets were initially d1-g1-b1 chords, out of which Chopin eventually removed the d1 notes (he introduced an analogous correction into b. 99 only just while proofreading FE).

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 199

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No ornament in AsI

Trill without ending in A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB)

Our variant suggestion
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As in bar 127, in the main text we propose in variant form (in brackets) the ending of the trill that appears in the 1st violin part in GEork (→FEork). The lack of an ornament in the piano part of AsI may be the result of a short, hasty notation – it appears in the 1st violin part in this manuscript.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 199-200

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

  in A & GE2

No markings in GE1 & FE (→EE)
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The pedal markings were probably added to A after the basis for FE had been finished, that is [FC]. Similarly, in bars 215-216. The absence of the marks in GE1 is most probably an oversight, corrected in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 199-203

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

3 slurs in A, literal reading

3 slurs in A (contextual interpretation→GE)

Continuous slur in FE (→EE)
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Generally, the A slurs do not raise any concerns; however, they should be carefully evaluated for possible inaccuracies. It is already the first slur in bar 199 that attracts our attention in this respect – in a different context, such a beginning of the slur, reaching so far out, could be misleading. The beginning of the third slur is also questionable – when interpreted literally, it starts from the crotchet in bar 201, yet a comparison with an analogous situation in bars 216-217 reveals that Chopin most probably meant a slur starting from the preceding semiquaver. This is the interpretation of the A slurs (contextual, compliant with the natural division into motifs and adopted by GE) that we give in the main text.
On the other hand, the authenticity of the FE continuous slur is questionable if we take into account that similar long slurs are to be seen in FE in a few other places, in which their musical accuracy is highly problematic – cf. bars 240-241. On the other hand, the situation in bars 77-84 makes us include a possibility in which the FE slurring, in spite of likely inaccuracies further on (see below and bars 204-205), could be an alternative, authentic version of phrasing. One of such patent inaccuracies is the situation between bars 201 and 202 – the slur in bar 201, at the end of a page, suggests that it should be continued, which is not confirmed by the beginning of the slur in bar 202. In our transcription we interpret this situation as a continuous slur, as it was already done in EE. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Uncertain slur continuation