Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A
b. 5
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composition: Op. 28 No. 22, Prelude in G minor
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The ending of the slur that started in b. 4 may suggest in A that it should be combined with the slur in b. 5; it was reproduced as such in FE (→EE). In turn, the copyist in FC (→GE) assumed that the slur reaches the beginning of b. 5 but does not combine with the slur that begins there. According to us, it is the latter that is more likely; therefore, we give it in the main text. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 5-13
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composition: Op. 28 No. 20, Prelude in C minor
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In the main text we give the unequivocal phrase marks of A and the remaining sources stemming from it. The later autographs – AB and ACh – convey variants that do not seem to be simply inaccuracies of notation. As regards the longer phrase mark of AB – placed in the original in bars 5-9 of the 9-bar version of the Prelude – we admit it to the basic, 13-bar version as a variant of the slur in bars 9-13. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors in CGS |
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b. 6-7
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composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major
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In the sources, bar 7 begins a new line of text; in such situations it is difficult to decide in Chopin's autographs whether the slur is to be treated as a new sign or a continuation of the previous one. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 6
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composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major
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The extent of the slur in this bar in A is not clear. As slurs reaching grace notes are used only in exceptional cases, the slur in A may be interpreted as reaching the 2nd quaver or the crotchet on the 2nd beat of the bar. The comparison of all the 12 analogous bars point to the latter possibility. In GE (→FE→EE), the former solution was adopted. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 6-7
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composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor
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In A, the slur begun in bar 6 (the last in the line of text) has no continuation, which makes it impossible to figure out Chopin's exact intention for slurring of that phrase. The solution adopted in GE (→FE→EE) seems the most appropriate one (cf. analogous bars 54-55). category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness |