Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A
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b. 2-10
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composition: Op. 28 No. 23, Prelude in F major
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The slurs in b. 2 and 6 (as well as in b. 18) explicitly encompass already the grace notes introducing the trills. In this situation, we consider the slur in b. 10 to be inaccurate; in the main text we suggest a slur analogous to the remaining ones. The notation of FC is vague – three out of four slurs run rather from the 2nd grace note (only in b. 6 from the first one). As such a notation is musically unjustified, we assume that the copyist meant slurs starting from the 1st grace note in all places, which is how it was interpreted in GE. As far as the end point of the slurs is concerned, according to us, the notation of A in b. 6 and 10 points rather to boldly written slurs (which were obvious to Chopin) than tenuto-slurs led to the end of the bar (see, however, b. 18). category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Inaccuracies in FC , Tenuto slurs |
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b. 18
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composition: Op. 28 No. 23, Prelude in F major
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In the main text we reproduce the beginning of the slur in accordance with the notation of A (→FC→GE). In FE, like in the previous analogous bars, the beginning of the slur was placed only just over the trilled crotchet. The ending of the slur, which clearly reaches the end of the bar in A, was interpreted in FC (→GE) differently, i.e. it led to the beginning of b. 19. According to us, that slur, when interpreted literally, resembles a tenuto-slur, which is, however, probably an inaccuracy of notation, which we do not include in the main text. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , FE revisions , Tenuto slurs |
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b. 19
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composition: Op. 28 No. 23, Prelude in F major
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When interpreted literally, the slur of A ends after the 1st quaver in the 2nd half of the bar; however, its shape does not suggest that Chopin would have really wanted to lead it that far. Both Fontana and the engraver of FE considered it to be inaccurate. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
