Slurs
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b. 8
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II
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Numerous corrections on the 3rd beat of the bar (erasures and deletions) forced Chopin to write a group of three semiquavers on an adjacent stave. The group is embraced with a slur, which almost certainly means that it is a triplet. On the main stave, however, there is another slur in this place, starting from the previous semiquaver. The slur was most probably written earlier and concerned one of the deleted versions of this place. In this situation it is uncertain whether the new slur (over the triplet) was, according to Chopin, supposed to complement the previous (as a slur separating an irregular group) or whether Chopin inadvertently left a longer slur and the slur over the triplet was supposed to replace it. According to us, the latter is the most likely (cf. bar 13), hence we give this version in the main text. An alternative interpretation assumes a later addition of the longer slur as the final one. This is generally the way it was understood in GE (→FE→EE1→EE2), although due to a different interpretation of the rhythm, the slur embraces there the entire 3rd beat of the bar. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 9-17
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II
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The slurs of A in bars 9-11 and 17 (the first), although some of them are written inaccurately (e.g., in bar 9), begin from the 2nd quaver of each half of the bar. In GE1 it is only the slurs in bar 11 that were reproduced in such a way. In FE (→EE) it is the only correct slurs that were considered inaccurate, leading all signs from the 1st quaver. The slurs of A were interpreted correctly only in GE2. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions |
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b. 10-11
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II
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In spite of a transition to a new page, the continuity of the slur in A is undeniable. Therefore, the division of the slur is an arbitrary decision of the engraver of GE1 (→GE2,FE→EE). category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE |
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b. 11-12
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II
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The separated slurs in FE (→EE) are most probably an inaccuracy repeated after the proof copy of GE1. In the very GE1 (→GE2) the slur was corrected (combined) in the last phase of proofreading, perhaps by Chopin. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of GE |
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b. 12
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composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II
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The two-quaver slur of A is most probably inaccurate (cf. similar figures in, e.g., the previous bars). Therefore, in the main text we give a longer slur, corresponding to the slurring of analogous figures. A similar solution was adopted in GE2. The half-bar slur of the remaining editions is certainly an arbitrary decision of the engraver of GE1. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions |
