Slurs
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b. 4-9
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composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor
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In the main text we give the slurs of the L.H. at the transition between bars 4-5 and 8-9, in spite of the fact that they are absent in the sources which may convey Chopin's notation (FC, FE and EE1). Comparison with analogous places in the further section of the Etude proves that it is most probably an inaccuracy of notation. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: GE revisions |
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b. 12
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composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor
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In GE1 there is no slur over three bass quavers. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions |
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b. 20
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composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor
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In FC (→GE1) and EE, lack of the slur running from the last quaver of the bar allows for a supposition that in FE the slur was added by Chopin at the time of proofreading of this edition. The slur was also added in GE2 (→GE3), most probably after analogy with bars 40-41. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 24-25
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composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor
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Different source slurring of these bars does not prove, according to us, various versions of phrasing, yet it only confirms difficulties with which one is faced at the time of interpreting slurs in Chopin autographs. In EE, the fact of embracing the entire discussed fragment with one slur, unconvincing from the piano and musical point of view, probably results from the panache, with which the slur was written in the manuscript (autograph or Gutmann's copy), which was supposed to start over the 2nd quaver in bar 25 – if its beginning falls already on the 1st quaver, the engraver could have assumed that it is about the link with the preceding D-G category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , EE inaccuracies |
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b. 27-28
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composition: Op. 25 No 6, Etude in G♯ minor
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Lack of slur is a patent error of GE1, corrected in GE2 (→GE3). In FE and EE the slur was placed under the notes, which was certainly an arbitrary decision of the engraver – in both editions the stems of the notes are directed upwards, while the slur was routinely moved to the side of note heads. category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information issues: EE revisions , Placement of markings , Errors in GE , GE revisions , FE revisions |
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