Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A
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b. 132-133
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composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major
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In both A (→GC) and EE, starting a new line resulted in inattention and leaving unfinished fragments of slurs (in A in bar 131, in EE in bar 132). FE completed the slurs in keeping with the analogous bars 125-127 and the R.H. slurs. This might have been done by the reviser or even the engraver. We give this undoubtedly right version in the main text. However, GE not only left bars 132-133 without slurs but omitted the second one in bar 131. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 136-137
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composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major
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In the first in a new line bar 137, A has slurs beginning from the first crotchet in both the R.H. and L.H. In bar 136, however, a slur is written, starting from the last quaver. We consider it as binding and interpret as a continuous slur after the analogous bars 111-112. Consequently, in the main text we give an analogous slur in the L.H. part as well. The slurs in A – from bar 136 in the R.H., and from bar 137 in the L.H. – are to be found in all remaining sources except for EE which has both slurs beginning in bar 137. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 146-147
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composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major
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The slur in A ends over the last semiquaver in bar 146, last in the line. However, slur in the new line (bar 147) begins far before the bar-line thus indicating a continuation. Comparison with three analogous passages shows clearly a continuous slur as corresponding to Chopin's intent. It was reproduced that way in FE and GC (→GE). Thus the divided slur in EE has to be seen as an inept interpretation. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources |
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b. 179-180
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composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major
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The first slur in the L.H. is written "with panache," as a result of which it was misinterpreted both in GC and in FE. The slurs of GE are even more misleading, so that in GE the beginnings of both slurs were moved to the 1st quaver of each beat in bar 179. In the main text we give the obvious in this context interpretation of slurs of A. The lack of slurs in EE results from an oversight by the engraver (as in the previous bar). category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Errors in EE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Inaccuracies in GC |
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b. 188
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composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major
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In A (→GC) the slur breaks in the middle of the bar, which in A is caused by the fact of writing the 2nd half on a new page. This is how it was understood in FE and EE, in which the slur reaches the end of the bar. In the graphic layout of GC, in which this bar is not divided, the erroneous shortening of the slur is not that obvious and was arbitrarily recreated in GE. category imprint: Differences between sources |
