Slurs
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b. 5-6
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composition: Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major
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Due to accumulating inaccuracies, caused by the transition to a new line – in FE and GE it begins in bar 6 – the slur in GE ends in bar 5, whereas bar 6 is embraced with a new slur (although in GE1op and GE1Ab the slur in bar 6 suggests a continuation). In the main text, we give the unequivocal slurring of A (→FE→EE). category imprint: Differences between sources |
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b. 13-14
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composition: Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major
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The missing slur over the dyads is most probably an oversight of the engraver of FE (→GE,EEW1). Same as in the case of the pedalling, the mistake could have been provoked by deletions in A, hindering the interpretation of the composer's intention. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors resulting from corrections |
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b. 15
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composition: Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major
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The moment of the division of the slur – after the 3rd or the 4th quaver of the bar – is not completely clearly marked in A. The interpretation of FE (→EE) is graphically less likely and at the same time pianistically less natural, therefore, in the main text we choose the first, definitely more likely possibility. Such slurs are given in GE, yet in GE1op and GE1Ab there is no second slur (until bar 22), which is undoubtedly a mistake. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors in GE |
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b. 16-22
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composition: Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major
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Due to the applied abbreviated notation of bars 17-31, it is not entirely certain how the slurs of A at the transition between bars 16 and 17 are to be interpreted. According to us, it is more likely that Chopin though about a continuous slur, which is indicated by the fact of combining slurs in A in analogous bars 124-125 (a respective change was introduced in later GE). Omission of the slur in GE1op and GE1Ab is a patent mistake. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors in GE , GE revisions |
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b. 31
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composition: Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major
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Same as in bar 15, the moment of the division of the slur in A is not entirely legible. In the main text we give the most natural, as far as the piano technique is concerned, division after the 3rd quaver in the bar. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions |
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