Slurs
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b. 230-231
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composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I
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The sequence of pairs of chords present in these bars is a literal transposition of the sequence from bars 229-230. However, unlike that sequence, the discussed bars are devoid of slurs. According to us, it does not mean that they should be performed differently, as the slurs in bars 229-230 are to be considered a model to be followed also in these bars. To avoid any doubts, in the main text we add respective slurs, compliant with the GE revision (→FE,EE,IE). category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: GE revisions |
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b. 232-236
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composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I
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Short slurs, encompassing pairs of quavers played in one hand position, are written in A only above the first two pairs of four encompassed by one longer slur in bars 232-233, 233-234 and 234-235. Patchy slurring also apply to bars 235-236 – slurs are omitted over 4 out of 7 pairs of quavers. This notation is due not to musical reasons, but to graphic ones – Chopin omitted slurs that would be difficult to write under the octave sign, hoping that those he wrote would be treated by the performers (and perhaps the engraver) as model ones. This observation is confirmed by the notation of A at the transition between bars 232 and 233 – at the end of the line (bar 232), there is no slur under the word loco, but a slur ending can be found at the beginning of bar 233, where nothing makes it difficult to write the slur. For this reason, we add the omitted slurs in the main text, which was already done in GE (→FE,EE,IE). category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 235-236
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composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I
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In this context, the absence of the longer slur corresponding to the slurs in the 3 preceding analogous situations must be considered Chopin's inadvertence. It was already GE (→FE,EE,IE) that regarded it as such. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: GE revisions |
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b. 239-240
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composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I
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The meaning of the 3 slurs/ties in bar 239 visible in A (→GE→EE) is unclear, since they are not continued in the next bar, which opens a new line. One can see them as "tenuto-slurs", sometimes found in Chopin's autographs or as unfinished ties (to e category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: FE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation , Tenuto slurs , |
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b. 245-247
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composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I
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In the main text we precisely reproduce the slurs entered into A. In GE (→FE,EE) all slurs were shortened in accordance with the manner of adjusting them to regular rhythmic groups. Moreover, in IE the beginning of the 2nd slur in bar 245 was moved over the 1st quaver in the 2nd half of the bar, which was most probably related to the fact that the editions overlooked the wedge here. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , GE revisions |
1 and c2) and an articulation-motivic slur (the third slur, the middle one). According to us, the second possibility is more likely – overlooked endings of the ties and the slur – and this is the version, introduced also by 
