Slurs
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b. 29-30
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composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor
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The slur is reasonable only in relation to the final version of the part of the L.H. and it is present only in the sources that include it – A (→FE→GE,EE). category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations |
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b. 32
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composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor
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In the previous autographs the notation of slurs in the ending of this bar and in the next section of the Waltz is unclear. In As the slur starts in bar 32 (at the end of the line), yet it is missing any continuation. In AI one generally cannot see a slur at the end of bar 32, yet the beginning of the slur in bar 33 can be considered to suggest embracing with it also the last crotchet in bar 32, beginning the phrase. The absence of the slur in EEC is most probably an error. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Errors in EE , Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 33-34
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composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor
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The slur of AI (slurs?) in bars 33-34 is unclear, as far as its range (does the slur run already from the last crotchet in bar 32 and where does it lead) and continuity (break over the 1st quaver in bar 34) are concerned. According to us, neither the shape nor the range of both parts of the slur indicate an intention of dividing them – the break is most probably a result of a temporary lack of ink. A similar cause could have also provoked abandonment of continuation of the slur. Therefore, we assume that the slur begins in bar 32 and embraces bars 33-34, which may be interpreted as a general signal suggesting performance – its counterpart in a developed notation would have been, e.g., the slur Chopin wrote in analogous bars 49-54 in A. The above observations also apply to bars 48-50. In the remaining bars of this section (bars 35-48 and 51-64) AI does not have any slurs. In As there are no slurs in the entire section (bars 33-64). Both manuscripts are also devoid of dynamic signs and pedalling. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Errors in EE , Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 35-64
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composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor
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From bar 35 to the end of this section in bar 64, slurs are written only in A (→FE→GE,EE). A few situations in which the sources differ in the notation of slurs are discussed separately, including the slur of an uncertain range present in AI in bars 49-50, being repetition of bars 33-34. category imprint: Differences between sources |
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b. 39
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composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor
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It is not clear how the shift of the beginning of the slur in FE occurred – one may assume Chopin's proofreading, yet an erroneous interpretation of A by the engraver seems to be much more likely, perhaps provoked by the shape of the left ending of the handwritten slur. Starting the slur from the beginning of the bar is supported by the slur beginning in analogous bar 55. A comparison with this bar could have contributed to leaving out the version of FE by GE and EE based on it. Similarly in bars 103 and 167. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of FE |
