Slurs
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b. 93
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The slur encompassing the 1st half of the bar was added – most probably by Chopin – in the stage of proofreading FE (→GE,EE). We consider it simplified due to graphical reasons (perhaps by the engraver); in the main text, we suggest a slur encompassing the entire accompanying figure, modelled on the previous bars. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 95
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The missing slur and dots in the bottom R.H. voice must be an oversight by the engraver of FE (→GE,EE), unnoticed by proofreading Chopin – see the note in the 2nd half of the bar. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE |
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b. 95-99
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In A, Chopin applied the same articulation markings system concerning L.H. crotchets as in b. 9 and subsequent – slurs over dots are present only in cases where there are no crotchets in the R.H. part (it was a thought-out system – in b. 99 Chopin removed the L.H. slur, which he considered superfluous due to a slur being present in the R.H.). The slurs added – most probably by Chopin – in the stage of proofreading FE (→GE,EE) prove that the composer was striving for precise and homogenised articulation markings concerning the crotchets in the accompaniment. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Chopin's hesitations , Deletions in A , Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 100-101
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In A, Chopin initially wrote a shorter slur, encompassing only the quaver figure in b. 100. The slur, written under the notes, was then removed and replaced with a longer one, over the notes. category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Deletions in A |
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b. 106-107
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The change of slurring in these and the next bars must be coming from Chopin. According to us, the aim was to replace the shorter slurs of A with longer ones, which, however, was marked or implemented inaccurately in the discussed bars, hence the second of the original slurs (supposed to be removed) was left untouched. A similar phenomenon is to be found in, e.g. the Concerto in E minor, Op. 11, III mov., b. 179-181. In Chopin's autographs, one can find numerous examples for prolonging or combining initially written shorter slurs, e.g. in b. 112-114 of the Ballade, in the Mazurka in A category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions |
major, Op. 24 No. 3, b.