Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A
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b. 396-397
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III
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The slur of A clearly refers to the top voice, hence assigning it in the editions to the bass voice is almost certainly erroneous. However, the notation of A is inaccurate, as far as the range of the slur is concerned, since it does not go beyond bar 396, contrary to the unambiguous slurring of the part of bassoon I (and of the remaining instruments), also in analogous bars 52-53. Therefore, in the main text we interpret this slur as leading to f1. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 409-419
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III
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In A, the slurs over each of the descending figures in the R.H. in bars 409, 410, 417 and 418 reach the c3-f3 fourth at the beginning of the next bar (the first of them, slightly shorter, is an exception, yet in this case Chopin certainly had a longer slur in mind, too, which is proved by the slur of the original crossed out notation of bars 409-411). In spite of this, in GE1 (→FE→EE) all four slurs end with the last quaver in these bars. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A |
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b. 411-413
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III
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A includes separate slurs in bars 411 and 412, probably due to the crossed out fragments in bar 411. The fact that Chopin did not intend to divide the slur in this place is supported by the slurs in all three repetitions of this fragment (bars 419-421, 451-453 and 459-461). The ending of the slur in bar 412 is also inaccurate, since it suggests leading the slur to bar 413, yet it does not go beyond the bar line. A comparison of analogous bars enables us to interpret this detail correctly. The versions of GE1 and FE (→EE) follow from an inaccurate reproduction of the base texts. In GE2, the final fragment separated with a slur, corresponding to the figures in the previous bars, is completely arbitrary. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions |
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b. 412-435
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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In A the slurs over the motifs of the bottom voice encompass the quavers only or reach the minim in the next bar. However, the differences are almost certainly of an accidental nature, hence in the main text we unify them, assuming 6-note slurs to be more frequent in A (7 longer, 2 shorter and 3 questionable). Accidental inaccuracies are also present in the remaining sources, except for GE, in which all slurs encompass 5 notes. The majority of the doubts concerning the range of the slurs is due to the ending lines: a slur suggesting continuation is not finished in a new line (b. 418-419 in A and FC, 432-433 in A, 412-413, 420-421 and 428-429 in FE and b. 422-423 in EE). In such situations we give shorter slurs in our transcriptions, just like in b. 426-427 in A and 412-413 in 428-429 in FC, which may be thought to be dubious. EE omitted the slur in b. 420-421. Neither FC nor FE, EE and GE reproduced the notation of the Stichvorlage correctly; however, the total number of inaccuracies in this section is smaller than the first time (b. 310-333). category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in EE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in FC , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 416-417
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt III
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The slur of A does not go beyond bar 416; however, its shape does not exclude an interpretation in which the last note of the phrase is also encompassed with it. We adopt this interpretation to the main text due to the significant statistical predominance of pianistically natural slurs reaching the notes on which the triplet movement stops for a moment – see bars 409-419. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
