Issues : Errors in FE
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b. 194-195
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The analysis of the corrections of slurs in similar motifs that are visible in A – in b. 8-19, 100-101 and perhaps 198-199, one can see that the slurs were being prolonged so that they reached the minim ending the motif – leads to the conclusion that the slur in the discussed bars is the initial version of slurring of this figure, left by inadvertence. Therefore, in the main text we give a longer slur, compliant with the final slurring concept. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place |
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b. 195
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The missing slur and dots in FE (→GE) must be an oversight by the engraver; he also overlooked a slur in the previous bar. The markings were added by EE. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE |
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b. 197-198
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The missing slur in FE (→EE1→EE2) is almost certainly a mistake by the engraver. In GE and EE3, the slur was added probably on the basis of a comparison with analogous motifs. (In the case of GE it could have been one of the places possibly corrected by Chopin while proofreading the basis for that edition, while in the case of EE3 a repetition of the slur after GE cannot be excluded.) The slur of EE3 was probably added as a result of a comparison with analogous motifs, or perhaps on the basis of GE. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: Errors in FE , Errors resulting from corrections , Errors in GE |
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b. 197
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The accent added by FE (→GE) looks more like a common short accent. However, it is more likely that Chopin wrote a longer mark while the engraver of FE reproduced it in a standard manner. An example of this could be the accents in b. 201-205, undoubtedly long in A; in FE, they are virtually identical to the discussed one (the form of typical Chopinesque short accents can be seen on the same page of A, in b. 208-213). Due to the above, in the main text we suggest a long accent. The easiest explanation for the presence of a long accent in EE is the engraver's inaccuracy. The placement of the accent is a more serious issue – according to us, it is likely that Chopin wrote it over e1, which was misinterpreted by the editions. Justification for this assumption – see the previous note. Accents (or other marks) ascribed to other notes by mistake can also be found in other pieces by Chopin (cf., e.g. the misplaced slur in b. 172-173 in the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, III mov.). category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Long accents , Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 198
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In the available photograph of A, it seems that the mark entered under a part of the quaver figure is an inaccurate slur of the original range (only to the last quaver). The longer slur entered over the figure must be the final version (see b. 194-195), hence we give it in the main text as the only one, in compliance with FE (→GE,EE). category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A |
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