Issues : Inaccuracies in GC
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b. 140-141
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II
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The range of the slurs in GC is unclear due to the nonchalant way of their notation, as well as due to the transition into the new line of the text (from bar 141). We consider the division of the slurs at the bar line to be the literal interpretation, as at the beginning bar 141 does not include the ending of the previous slur. Such divided slur is also in EE, based on the base text, in which the slurs were most probably added by Chopin (in this fragment). Therefore, we give the version in the main text. According to us, however, the interpretation of the slurs of GC with division after the 1st crotchet in bar 141 is more justified. The slur of GE is rather an emergency option, not determining the phrasing, than an attempt to reproduce the notation of GC. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GC , Authentic corrections of EE |
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b. 148
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II
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The inaccurately vertically written notes result in GC not being entirely clear where the slur over the part of the R.H. is supposed to reach – the 2nd or the 3rd beat of the bar. In the main text we adopt the first possibility, in which the relation to the progression of the bottom voice is more significant. In the editions it was interpreted differently, which is also justified, particularly if we take into account the tenuto slur, added by Chopin in the proofreading of FE3 in bar 146. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources |
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b. 158-159
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II
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On the basis of GC and FE it is hard to imagine what range and meaning the slur under the bottom voice of the R.H. is supposed to have. The sign in GC seems to be an articulation motivic slur starting under e category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GC |
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b. 164-168
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II
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The slur of GC (→GE) includes only this part of the five-bar-long melodic passage whose performance Chopin assigned to the left hand. It is certainly an inaccuracy, perhaps repeated after [A] (the original version?). In turn, a respective slur in FE is broken at the end of the text's line and most probably it was supposed to be led to the end of the phrase (Chopin could have extended it in [A] already after having prepared GC). There is no doubt it is necessary to embrace the entire passage with a slur, if we take into consideration the authentic slurring of analogous phrases. Both possibilities of starting the slur – from the first or second beat of bar 164 – can be considered to be equal. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC , Authentic corrections of EE |
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b. 177-183
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composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II
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According to us, the slurs of FE (→EE), more consistent, probably convey Chopin's notation in [A] more accurately than the slurs in GC. The latter are imprecise, so it is not obvious how they are meant to be understood, e.g., we interpret the beginning of the slur in bar 177 – differently than GE – as falling on the 2nd beat of the bar. It cannot be excluded that the slur beginning in bar 179 is supposed to be interpreted similarly. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in GC |
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1, however, it is unknown which note it is supposed to reach – d
