Issues : Tenuto slurs

b. 71-72

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

Continuous slur in GC, FE (→EE) & GE2

New slur in GE1

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GE1 ends a page on bar 71, and the slur reaches the end of that bar. This may suggest a possible continuation of the slur in the next bar or a tenuto ending of the slur. In bar 72 a new slur starts from the beginning of the bar in support of the latter, and that is how we reproduce it in our system. In any case this amounts to the engraver's inaccuracy, amended in GE2.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation , Tenuto slurs

b. 80

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

Slur in GC, literal reading

Slur in GC (possible interpretation) & FE (→EE)

No slur in GE

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The interpretation of the top slur in GC is not straightforward. In this rhythmical context, its leading to the final semiquaver seems natural. However, this would produce a concurrence of slurs on that semiquaver, which the notation of GC does not suggest, and what does not occur in any other source. It is therefore possible that the slur has a double meaning – similarly to the  sign – it indicates the tenuto of the dotted minim e2 as well as pertains to the suspension in the accompanying voices.
The lack of slur is undoubtedly a mistake of GE (like the absence of ).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Inaccuracies in GC , Tenuto slurs

b. 170-172

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

Two slurs in GC

Tenuto slur in FE (→EE)

One slur in GE

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The slurs in GC are written neglectfully, hence their meaning is unobvious – GE regarded them as parts of one slur. In the main text we give the slur of FE, displaying a characteristic, prolonged tenuto ending, analogous to the slur in the next phrase.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in GC , Tenuto slurs