Slurs
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b. 1
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composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE |
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b. 4-5
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composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor
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Strictly speaking, the slurs in A may be read in two different ways. The interpretation of GE adopted in the main text underlines both the continuity of the musical thought from the beginning of the work and the moment when the actual theme begins. The same idea was probably behind the imprecise notation of FE, yet it was interpreted differently in EE. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 5-6
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composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor
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The slur in A finally trails off shortly after the minim d flat2, yet we clearly see that Chopin ran out of ink, which suggests that the slur was meant to reach slightly further. This guess finds confirmation in longer slurs in the analogous bars 8 and 10. We resolve the question of whether those slurs reach the semiquaver or extend to the crotchet on the 2nd beat of the bar in favour of the latter option, as those slurs are actually more phrase marks than articulation slurs. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 7-8
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composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor
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The slur in those bars is evident in A (→GE1) and provokes no stylistic doubts. The change made in GE2 (→GE3) by analogy with bars 5-6 and 9-10, where the notation of A is not that clear, misses - in our opinion - Chopin's intention. The absence of the slur in FE (→EE) is doubtless a mistake. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions |
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b. 9-10
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composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor
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When read literally, the slur of A ends over the semiquaver f2. In our opinion, the phrasing aspect of that slur is an argument that points to its inaccurate notation. For our main text we assume the slur reaching the 2nd beat of bar 10, as Chopin clearly wrote two bars earlier. In GE (→FE→EE) the slur ends even earlier, which is surely not implied by the notation of A. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
