Slurs
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b. 22-23
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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As in b. 9-21, in the main text we add slurs in the L.H. part, since the arguments indicated in the note to those bars applies also here. category imprint: Editorial revisions |
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b. 26-28
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The longer slur of the editions most probably resulted from a mistake of the engraver of FE. It is noteworthy that in GE4 the range of the slur was not changed in accordance with A, despite the addition of a tie to d2 – see the preceding note. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE |
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b. 31
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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Chopin would sometimes use double slurs for pairs of L.H. octaves, e.g. in the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, mov. III, b. 472-480. However, according to us, in the discussed place of the Ballade one can have doubts whether the top slur added by FE resulted from Chopin's proofreading or from a misunderstanding or a mistake of the engraver. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions |
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b. 32-33
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In A, the L.H. slurs, written with a flourish, clearly encompass the groups of five repeated chords. In FE (→GE,EE), they begin earlier, which resulted from the routine approach of the engraver of FE, who considered whole-bar slurs to be most likely. The fact that the actual notation of A was interpreted quite liberally is evidenced by the ending of the slur over b. 32, which, in spite of the fact that in A it reaches b. 33, ends on the last crotchet in b. 32 in FE (and rightly so in this case). category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Embracing slurs |
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b. 33-34
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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Bar 33 ends the first side of A, and the R.H. slur written in it clearly suggests a continuation. However, on the new page, in bar 34, there is no completion of this slur. In none of the first editions does the slur extend to bar 34, however, in FE it extends beyond the last note of bar 33, which appears to be an insignificant inaccuracy, even if the engraver's intention was to convey the ambiguous notation of A. In the main text we provide a version with a slur leading to c category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , EE inaccuracies , Uncertain slur continuation |
2 in bar 34, which we consider a contextual interpretation of