Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A
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b. 79
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composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major
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In A the slur in the L.H. begins already over the rest, and in GC even before. It is an example of Chopin's frequent manner of writing sweeping slurs (cf. e.g. the slurs in Mazurkas, Op. 24), as well as Gutmann's characteristic imprecision in this domain of notation. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Source & stylistic information issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC |
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b. 83
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composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major
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In A it is not clear whether the slur from the previous bars is supposed to reach the 1st crotchet in bar 83. According to us, the clearly dragged slurs at the end of bar 82 (in both hands) have an advantage over the lack of their ending at the beginning of bar 83. Therefore, we suggest this interpretation in the main text. In the part of the L.H. this version was not reproduced in any of the remaining sources, while in the part of the R.H. – only in FE. In EE – most probably due to the arbitrarily added crotchet in the R.H. – the next slur begins already from the beginning of the bar. In GE2 (→GE3) the slurs in the R.H. in bars 82-83 were arbitrarily combined. The slurring variants of the R.H. are available in the subsequent note. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources |
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b. 95-97
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composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major
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The slurring in A in bars 95-97, similarly as in the previous bars, was misrepresented by the copyist and engravers – in GC and EE the slur from bar 95 does not reach bar 96, and in FE the overlapping slurs were interpreted as one slur. In GE the ending of a tenuto slur in bar 97 was misinterpreted by extending it towards the first chord in bar 98. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , EE inaccuracies , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC |
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b. 98-104
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composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major
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Bar 99 is the last bar on page what caused errors in the notation of slurs in both manuscripts. A lacks the ending of slur in bar 100 although the end of the slur in bar 99 clearly indicates it should continue, and GC (→GE) lacks the slur beginning in bar 98 completely. In EE, the notation of A was recreated quite faithfully by leadng the slur up to the first note in bar 100. The continuous slur in FE is almost certainly the engraver's invention – Chopin did not proofread FE1. However, it seems possible that Chopin accepted the mergence of slurs both here, and in the subsequent bars. In the main text we keep the separate slurs of A, complementing the first with the omitted fragment at the beginning of bar 100.
category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC |
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b. 130
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composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major
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In A the slur in the L.H. was corrected – Chopin originally wrote one slur embracing the upper voice of the L.H. from the middle of bar 129 to the middle of bar 131, then he corrected it by dividing it into two parts in the middle of bar 130. This corrected variant was included in FE and EE, while in GC there is a version with one slur starting earlier, that is from the c quaver in the bottom voice, which was then repeated in GE. In the main text we give the corrected version of A. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Corrections & alterations issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Inaccuracies in GC |
