Issues : Uncertain slur continuation
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b. 7-9
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composition: Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor
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The slur over b. 8 encompasses in A 5 top-voice quavers. However, according to us, it is possible that Chopin meant a whole-bar slur, as reproduced in FE (→EE). The slurring of FC is definitely incompatible with the notation of A, although the situation between b. 8-9 is ambiguous in the copy – the slur in b. 8 (at the end of the line) suggests that it should be continued, whereas the slur in b. 9 rather does not. However, as b. 9 is not written out with notes, which impedes a reliable evaluation of the placement of the beginning of the slur, we take into account the ending of the slur in b. 8. This is how it was interpreted in GE too. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Errors of FC , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 40-41
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composition: Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor
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From b. 41 on, A (→FC) is written down in an abridged manner – it contains empty, numbered bars, which are a repetition of b. 1-8. The phrase mark in b. 40 clearly suggests that it should be continued, which we interpret (in accordance with FE) as an earlier beginning of the first phrase mark of the repeated fragment. GE did not consider the phrase mark in b. 40 at all, while in EE it starts only just on the 3rd beat of the bar; besides, both versions cannot be authentic. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors in GE , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in FC , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 51-52
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composition: Op. 28 No. 12, Prelude in G♯ minor
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A separate slur over bar 52 is certainly a mistake by the engraver of EE who started one-bar-long slurs a bar too early. The ending of slur in bar 52 (at the end of line) is inaccurate in FE – it suggests a continuation not to be confirmed by the slur in the next bar. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in EE , Uncertain slur continuation |
