Slurs
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b. 73-74
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composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I
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In A there are no slurs over the last three quavers in bar 73. In the manuscript this bar ends a page, which allows us to consider the missing slurs, over the topmost pair of thirds and the beginning fragment of the subsequent one, to be Chopin's patent mistake. The ending of the second slur at the beginning of bar 74 visible on a new page proves the composer's oversight. Therefore, we do not consider the version without slurs to be a variant and provide it only in the graphic transcription (version "transcript"). category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Errors of A , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 74-75
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composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I
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It is difficult to say why the phrase mark was shortened and the motivic slur between the bars omitted in GE (→FE,EE,IE). The absence of the shorter slur could have been an oversight, yet the same cannot be said of the longer one having been shortened. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: GE revisions |
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b. 80
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composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I
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In the 1st half of the bar, in the main text we reproduce the A beaming, according to which the quavers are grouped in pairs (it was disregarded by the editions). It probably indicates that one should continue the articulation marked in the preceding bar by slurs, hence we suggest adding analogous slurs. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: Inaccuracies in GE |
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b. 81
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composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I
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The A slur in the 1st half of the bar is written under the top voice quavers; when interpreted literally, it seems that it starts from the second one (c category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors in GE , FE revisions |
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b. 91-93
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composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I
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When interpreted literally, the A slur in the 2nd half of bar 91 starts from the semiquaver; the same applies to bar 93. Due to the notation of similar motifs in bars 98-99, we favour the interpretation adopted by the editions (cf. the similarly shifted slur over the dots in bar 41). The A version can be considered an equal variant. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A |
2) or from the g1 minim. It must be Chopin's inaccuracy – cf. numerous appearances of this motif, e.g. in the 2nd half of the bar – hence we interpret it as a half-bar slur concerning the top voice. This is how this slur was interpreted by 
