Slurs
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b. 304
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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In this bar, we consider the absence of the first out of two slurs present in previous two, analogous bars to be Chopin's inadvertence (the composer's distraction probably also impacted the category imprint: Editorial revisions issues: Inaccuracies in A |
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b. 308-309
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The corrections and erasures visible in A reveal that Chopin initially wrote a slur only over the semiquaver sextuplet. Similar changes of conventional slurs related to the notation of irregular groups into motivic slurs are also to be found in other pieces by Chopin, e.g. in the Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12, bars 52-62. category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Corrections in A , Triplet slurs |
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b. 314-315
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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In the main text we keep the precise slurring of A. The slurs having been separated on the bar line was an arbitrary decision of GE (→FE,EE). category imprint: issues: GE revisions |
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b. 316
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The absence of the beginning of the slur the ending of which can be seen in a new line in bar 317 must be a mistake by the engraver of GE (→FE,EE). See bar 317. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in GE |
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b. 317
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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This bar opens a new line. In the case of GE (→FE), the ending of the slur from bar 316 leads to confusion, since in the preceding bar none of those editions feature a beginning of any slur. Luckily, we are able to reproduce it in our transcriptions. Two possible interpretations of this notation – a slur from the last semiquaver in bar 316 and no slur correspond to the version of A with a correctly written slur and EE, in which this ending of a non-existent slur was removed. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in GE |
mark). What is determined by this slur – the motif's structure and articulation – must be compliant with the previous bars, which excludes the possibility that the slur was omitted on purpose. Taking into account the above, in the main text we add a relevant slur. Cf. the notes in bar 300.
