Slurs
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b. 16
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composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor
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The shorter slur of A (→FE) was extended in FC to the end of the bar. It is hard to suspect Fontana of such an arbitrary decision, hence it is almost certainly a Chopin correction. It allows us to consider the wedges present only in FC (→GE) to be most probably authentic. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Authentic corrections of FC |
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b. 17-19
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composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor
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The initially written here three slurs, one in each bar, were then extended by Chopin in both preserved manuscripts, who connected the slurs between bars 18-19 in A, whereas in FC – between bars 17-18. In A, the situation is additionally complicated by the new line of text beginning in bar 18, as a result of which – as it is often to be encountered in Chopin autographs – it is unknown whether the slur in this bar is supposed to continue the one from bar 17 or not. The two possible interpretations resulting from this situation are reflected in the versions of FE and EE, which, however, feature the most probably inaccurately written ending of the slur in bar 19. In turn, GE inaccurately reproduced the ending of the slur in bar 18. In the main text we give the slurs of FC, corrected by Chopin's hand and compatible with the phrasing corresponding to the formal structure. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Corrections in A , Authentic corrections of FC , Tenuto slurs |
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b. 21
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composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor
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The slur in FC was almost certainly added by Chopin, who added an analogous slur while proofreading FE. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of FC |
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b. 27
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composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor
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The visible in A (→FE) and EE little slur in the 2nd half of the bar was overlooked in FC (→GE). Instead of that, Chopin added in this copy a longer slur, embracing the entire bar. The slur was introduced also in EE3, thanks to which the edition, as the only source, presents the closest to Chopin's intention version of the rhythm and slurring in this bar. In the main text, we omit the shorter slur, as, according to us, Chopin replaced it with the added longer one. Moreover, the notation of A is ambiguous – it is not clear which components of the chords were supposed to be embraced with it – we assume that they were b category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Authentic corrections of FC |
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b. 30-32
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composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor
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In spite of the clearly divided slurs of A (→FC), both FE and GE1 embrace these three bars with one slur. The later beginning of the slur in bar 31 in EE is the original version, not corrected by Chopin in the base text to this edition (the extension of the slur is visible in A and most probably in FC). category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Corrections in A , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC , Tenuto slurs |
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