Issues : Embracing slurs
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b. 9
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composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major
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According to us, the beginning of the slur, inaccurately placed in A, includes the 1st note of the motif. In the editions the slur begins a quaver earlier. In EE the slur runs until the end of bar 10 and in GE2 (→GE3→GE4) until the end of bar 12. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Embracing slurs |
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b. 11-12
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composition: Op. 28 No. 10, Prelude in C♯ minor
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The missing slur in FC (→GE) is an oversight of Fontana. The slur of A was being extended so that it could also encompass the last crotchet in b. 12. The added fragment ends already in the next bar, in which, however, there is not a single element of notation to which it could have been led. Therefore, it is simply an inaccuracy, quite frequent for Chopin. category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Corrections in A , Embracing slurs , Errors of FC |
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b. 25-27
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composition: Op. 28 No. 11, Prelude in B major
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As with the R.H. part, the issue concerning continuation of the L.H. slur is unclear in A due to the transition to a new line – the slur in b. 25 (at the end of the line) may suggest continuation, yet not due to its length, but due to the absence of the final curve; however, the slur in b. 26 does not confirm it. Due to the reasons discussed in the indicated note on the R.H. slur, we assume divided slurs to be more likely, and this is the version we suggest in the main text. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Embracing slurs , Errors of FC , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 32-33
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In A, the L.H. slurs, written with a flourish, clearly encompass the groups of five repeated chords. In FE (→GE,EE), they begin earlier, which resulted from the routine approach of the engraver of FE, who considered whole-bar slurs to be most likely. The fact that the actual notation of A was interpreted quite liberally is evidenced by the ending of the slur over b. 32, which, in spite of the fact that in A it reaches b. 33, ends on the last crotchet in b. 32 in FE (and rightly so in this case). category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Embracing slurs |
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b. 37-39
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In A, the L.H. slurs, although written with a flourish, clearly encompass only the 2nd and 3rd crotchet in each half of the bar. In spite of that, in FE (→GE,EE) the slurs also encompass the 1st crotchet, which expresses the inclination of the engravers to adjust the range of slurs (and dynamic hairpins too) to the rhythmic structures, in this case halves of bars. See also the note to b. 36. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Embracing slurs |
