Slurs
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b. 546-547
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I
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In FE, the second slur in each of these bars runs from d1 to e1. This inaccuracy almost certainly results from lack of space – due to cramping seven great staves on a page, the space between staves in FE is very small. In GE1 (→GE2), the slur in bar 546 was left unchanged, whereas the one in bar 547 was moved to above the notes; like in the case of the first slur in these bars, the nature of the change (inaccuracy or revision, or perhaps an inaccurate revision) is uncertain. In EE and GE3, the slurs were placed higher, which we include also in the main text. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies |
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b. 548-550
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I
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The slurs of FE are inaccurate, to say the least – the slur in bar 549 (which opens a line) is a continuation of a non-existing slur at the end of bar 548 (in the system, we consider the slur in the same way it was interpreted in GE1, i.e. as beginning in bar 549). A comparison with analogous bars 193-194 shows which slur Chopin most probably meant, and we give this version in the main text. In EE, like in bars 541-542, the slur was completed in the simplest manner – the initial fragment of the slur from bar 549 was added over the 3rd beat of bar 548. In GE3, both bars were encompassed with one slur; however, it was not led to the beginning of bar 550. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions |
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b. 553-554
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I
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The fact that the slurs of FE (→EE) probably do not correspond to Chopin's final intention is proved by:
Taking into account the above, in the main text we move the point of division of the slurs by analogy with bar 550 and 552. The version of GE is probably a revision going in similar direction yet simplified. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: GE revisions |
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b. 556
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I
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In the main text, we adopt the change of slurring introduced in GE3. Chopin would sometimes use slurs over rests; however, in this case there are reasons to assume that the fact of having left one slur – most probably the original one, see bar 197 – was his inadvertence. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: GE revisions |
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b. 558-560
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I
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In the main text, we give the notation of FE (→EE) with motivic slurs, combining pairs of lower middle notes of chords, d1-c1 and c1-b. However, one cannot exclude that the engraver of FE misinterpreted the notation of [A], in which those slurs were ties of the bottommost notes (b and a, respectively), like the upper ties of the topmost notes. Therefore, it would be the notation of GE that would correspond to Chopin's intention. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: GE revisions |
like in bar 550 and 552, and not at the beginning of the bar, like in bar 556;
