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Slurs from 4th quaver suggested by the editors |
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Slurs from 5th quaver, our alternative suggestion |
Taking into account the similarities between bar 125 and 127, it seems highly likely that Chopin wanted the L.H. slurs to be of the same range. However, the slur in bar 125 clearly starts from the quaver at the beginning of the 2nd half of the bar, while the respective slur in bar 127, clearly inaccurate, begins somewhere between the last two thirds in the top voice. This inaccuracy must have resulted from the layout, in which the 4th quaver in the bar and the L.H. top voice are written on the top stave, under the R.H. part, which makes it impossible to begin a slur earlier. Therefore, we assume that, following the principle of minimal intervention in the source notation, it indicates a slur running from the accented f1-a
1 third. In this quasi-literal interpretation of the sources, the slurs in both phrases are not identical. Therefore, in the main text in bar 127 we provide a slur running from the quaver at the beginning of the 2nd half of the bar, in accordance with the slur in bar 125. As an alternative solution we suggest slurs from the 5th quaver of the bar in both places, which can be regarded as a contextual interpretation of the discussed places.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Editorial revisions
issues: Inaccuracies in GE, Inaccuracies in FE, EE inaccuracies
notation: Slurs