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Slurs from 1st beat to C1-C & final chord (after AB) |
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Slurs from 2nd beat to C1-C & final chord in ACh, literal reading |
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Slurs from 2nd beat to C1-C in ACh, contextual interpretation |
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No slurs in CGS |
The L.H. phrase marks are unequivocal in the principal sources; this is the version we give in the main text. However, the notation of both later autographs offers variants of both beginnings and endings of those phrase marks. In AB the ending of the phrase mark in b. 8 was extended by Chopin to the final chord, which in that autograph falls in the next bar, i.e. b. 9. Consequently, this version cannot be directly combined with the text of the remaining sources; however, the idea of adding the last chord to the previous L.H. phrase can be implemented in b. 9-13.
The fact that both phrase marks in ACh begin later does not seem to be a writing defect (see the characterization of that autograph), hence we consider this version, underlining the beginning of the bass passus duriusculus with a phrase mark, to be a legitimate, authentic variant. When interpreted literally, the ending of the phrase mark in b. 9-12 reaches b. 13 in that autograph, which may be considered a variant combining both authentic versions of phrase marks. According to us, it is, however, an inaccuracy; therefore, we assume that the text of ACh is constituted by the version with two identical phrase marks.
The missing phrase marks in CGS must be one of numerous defects of that copy. If – which is likely – the writer copied it from FE, she could have considered the reproduction of the phrase marks (beginning over the stave and ending under the notes, on a new line) to be problematic, since in CGS, due to a different layout, one could not reproduce the notation of FE without interfering with the range or the placement of phrase marks.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information
issues: Inaccurate slurs in A, Errors in CGS
notation: Slurs