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A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz Copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESch - Scherbatoff copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE1a - Corrected impression of EE1
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1a
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  b. 16-17

Continuous slur in A (contextual interpretation→FEEE)

Separate slurs in A (literal reading→FCGE)

B. 16 falls in A at the end of the page, while the slurs are ambiguous – the ending of the slur in b. 16 goes slightly beyond the bar line, which may suggest continuation; however, it is not confirmed by the beginning of the slur in b. 17. In FC (→GE) Fontana considered it to be divided slurs, which, from the graphical point of view, is more likely. However, a comparison with analogous situations in b. 4-5 and 8-9, in which – particularly in the former – A features undoubtedly continuous slurs, tips the balance of probability in favour of the interpretation of FE (→EE), according to us.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

notation: Slurs

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