Slurs
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b. 35
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The slur of A, due to the high position of the L.H. chords in the form of a segment of a straight line, symmetrically encompasses 5 L.H. strikes. Consequently, its beginning falls between the 1st and the 2nd crotchet, as a result of which FE (→GE,EE) erroneously encompassed the entire bar with a slur. Cf. a similarly erroneous interpretation of the L.H. slurs in b. 37-39. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE |
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b. 36
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The traces of corrections in print visible in FE reveal that the L.H. part was initially provided with one slur, running from the 2nd to the last crotchet. Therefore, the slurring of FE (→GE,EE) compliant with the notation of A resulted from proofreading, probably Chopinesque. category imprint: Source & stylistic information issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 37-39
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In A (→FE) the R.H. slurring is clearly incomplete in these bars – there is no reason for the 2nd figure in b. 37 and the first figures in b. 38-39, over which there are no slurs, to be performed differently from the rest. Therefore, in the main text we supplement the slurs after the first three figures in this four-bar section (in b. 36-37). The slurs were also added by GE and EE. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A |
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b. 37-39
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In A, the L.H. slurs, although written with a flourish, clearly encompass only the 2nd and 3rd crotchet in each half of the bar. In spite of that, in FE (→GE,EE) the slurs also encompass the 1st crotchet, which expresses the inclination of the engravers to adjust the range of slurs (and dynamic hairpins too) to the rhythmic structures, in this case halves of bars. See also the note to b. 36. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Embracing slurs |
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b. 38-39
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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Unlike in b. 36-37, the slur in the 2nd half of b. 38 is led in A (→FE→EE) only to the last quaver in the bar. We consider it an inaccuracy; in the main text, we lead it to the tied crotchet at the beginning of the next bar (in accordance with the slurs of the remaining similar figures). The difference between those versions of notation is of purely graphical nature, since both bear the same meaning. It is also in GE that the slur is longer here; however, it was added over the original, shorter slur and not instead of it. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A |
