Slurs
|
b. 179
|
composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
..
In the main text we do not include the additional slur of A over the quaver triplet. It was already omitted by FE (→GE,EE). Cf. General Editorial Principles, p. 16. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: FE revisions , Triplet slurs |
|||||
|
b. 179
|
composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
..
In GE2, this bar was re-engraved, most probably due to the wear and tear of this fragment of the plate. At the same time, a "mirror" mistake was committed – the slur along with the digit 4, marking a quadruplet, was printed under the first four bottom voice crotchets (it was placed to the left of the g1 crotchet instead of to the right). Interestingly, the rhythmic mistake of GE2 was not corrected in the subsequent impressions of GE – GE3 (→GE4) added the correct slur but did not move the digit. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Sign reversal |
|||||
|
b. 180
|
composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
..
As in the preceding bar, in the main text we do not include the additional slur under the quaver triplet, entered into A and omitted by FE (→GE,EE). Cf. General Editorial Principles, p. 16. category imprint: Editorial revisions issues: Triplet slurs |
|||||
|
b. 182
|
composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
..
At the end of b. 182 and 186, which end their respective lines, the slurs of A suggest that they should be continued, which is, however, not confirmed by the new slurs in b. 183 and 187. The interpretation adopted by FE (→GE,EE) seems rational, taking into account the longer slurs in b. 180-181 and 184-185. In the main text we suggest an alternative interpretation in which the range of the slurs is related to harmonic changes – the individual slurs encompass a figuration based on one chord. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources |
|||||
|
b. 182-184
|
composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
..
The slurs of A clearly reach only the last quaver in the motifs in b. 182-183 (it is only the first one that can be questionable, at the end of the line, but it does not go beyond the bar line either). Therefore, it is difficult to assume that the longer slurs of FE (→GE,EE) are an inaccuracy of the engraver, particularly since they are musically justified – they encompass entire motifs, as the two Chopinesque slurs in b. 180-182. Consequently, assuming Chopinesque proofreading, we give them in the main text. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
