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b. 206

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Slur from 2nd crotchet in A, contextual interpretation

Slur from 1st crotchet in A (incomplete literal reading→FE→GE,EE)
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In A, there are 2 slurs over the L.H. part – one encompassing almost an entire bar and the other starting clearly on the 2nd crotchet (d-b) and ending after the 3rd crotchet, under the first, longer slur and over an extensive deletion and the final version of the 4th crotchet, written below. FE (→GE,EE) included only the top, long slur, interpreting it as a whole-bar slur. According to us, such an interpretation, although graphically correct, is, however, erroneous, since the top slur encompasses the removed initial version of the five-crotchet sequence of fifths and sixths, the beginning of which was written right after the D1-D octave due to corrections. Therefore, if we are to consider the undeleted notes, the beginning of the slur does fall over the octave; however, to avoid misunderstandings, another slur was added, indicating the intended beginning of the slur with respect to the final version of the sequence of dyads. Consequently, in the main text we give a slur encompassing 5 crotchets, which was Chopin's intention both in the initial and the final version of the sequence of dyads. It is also compliant with the slur over a similar figure in the next bar, which is already less problematic.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 206

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In Af and A there is no  restoring f1 in the 2nd half of the bar. The error has already been corrected in GE1, so that all editions have the correct text. The natural is also present in AsI.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 206

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Slur to d1 in A, contextual interpretation

Slur to f1 in GE & FE (→EE)
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The combination of an inaccurately written slur and the initial layout, in which the 2nd R.H. crotchet is written entirely on the bottom stave, resulted in a wrong interpretation of the slur ending both in GE and FE (→EE). Similarly, in bar 215.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 206

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

sempre legato in A (→GE) & EE2

No indication in FE (→EE1)
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Chopin added sempre legato to A after [FC] had been finished, which explains its absence in FE (→EE1). In EE2 the indication was added on the basis of GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 206

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

in A (→GE) & EE2

No marking in FE (→EE1)
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Chopin added  to A most probably – as was the case with sempre legato – after [FC] had been finished, although in the case of a single, inconspicuous mark an oversight, e.g. by the copyist, cannot be ruled out. In EE2 the mark was added after comparing it with GE1. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions