Slurs
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b. 50-54
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II
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Three phrase marks were probably added by Chopin in the base text to EE and, being the expression of the composer's latest intention, we give them in the main text. Our alternative suggestion includes a possibility of an inaccurate interpretation of signs by the engraver. Similarly in bars 238-242. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations issues: EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of EE |
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b. 61-65
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II
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The slur of GC (→GE) is certainly inaccurate, both as far as the moment of its beginning and ending is concerned (bars 64-65 are written on a new line, which frequently provokes mistakes consisting in omission of continuation of slurs or dynamic hairpins). On the other hand, the beginning of the slur of FE (→EE) is probably inaccurate too, which is indicated by the interpretation of the same slur of [A] in the recapitulation (bars 249-253). The inaccuracy was probably reduced by Chopin in the base text to EE by adding staccato dots over the 1st octave in bar 61. Therefore, as an alternative for the slur with a dot, we suggest – based on the recapitulation – most probably the original slur written in [A] from the 2nd crotchet in bar 62. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GC |
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b. 66-68
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II
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The slurs in bars 66 and 68 were most probably added in GC (→GE) by Chopin, they were also repeated in EE2 after GE. Similarly in bars 254 and 256. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC |
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b. 78-80
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II
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The slur over the final motif is undoubtedly a Chopin addition in the proofreading of FE3 (→FE4) and in the base text to EE. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of EE |
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b. 81-87
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II
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Both versions of slurring appearing in the sources may be authentic, although it does not seem that Chopin hesitated how to mark these bars. The difference results rather from an inaccurate notation, both in [A] (→GC→GE) and in the base text to EE. Settling this kind of doubt can be difficult, even if we dispose of the autograph – cf. the Mazurka in G minor, Op. 24 No. 1, bar 21. In the main text, in all seven bars we give slurs embracing entire bars, in accordance with the notation of GC in the vast majority of the cases (five out of six). The version of EE can be considered to be an alternative, equivalent suggestion (in bars 81-84 it offers a kind of an accent on each strike: strong beat of a bar, beginning of the slur, a written out accent; it should not blur the natural character of this delicately swinging figure). category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of EE |
