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b. 108
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II
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A continuous slur in the L.H. in the 2nd half of this bar was most probably added in a proofreading of FE, replacing the slur encompassing the last 4 semiquavers. However, Chopin could have added a slur from the B note in the middle of the bar to the d category imprint: Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information |
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b. 113
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II
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The traces of corrections in print visible in FE prove that both in this bar and in analogous bar 111, it was only the last semiquaver triplet in the L.H. that was originally encompassed with a slur. In both places, Chopin prolonged the slurs; however, in the discussed bar, the proofread slur did not encompass the first triplet in the 2nd half of the bar. Taking into account the fact that in the final fragment of this movement of the Concerto, filled with triplets, articulation in all the remaining semiquavers is defined with slurs and staccato marks, the fact of leaving one triplet without markings prompts us to suspect a mistake at the time of implementing this proofreading (the mistake could have been provoked by the misplaced category imprint: Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 118-119
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II
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In FE, one can notice in these bars traces of removing shorter slurs, three in bar 118 and one in bar 119. category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 125
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composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II
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The missing slur under the last semiquaver triplet seems to be an inaccuracy of notation, although one cannot exclude that in the face of the progressing smorzando, Chopin did not feel the need to clarify the legato articulation of these notes. The reviser of GE3 considered the missing slur to be an inaccuracy. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: GE revisions |
2 note before the semiquaver rest, and the engraver considered it an extension of the already printed slur. Due to this reason, although the source slur can correspond to Chopin's intention, it seems quite likely that the composer meant here two slurs separated with a rest, like in analogous bar 106.
