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b. 7

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

Triplet slur in A1

Whole-bar slur in CJ

Half-bar slur in CK (probable interpretation→CB)

No slur in EL
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The significant difference between the slurs of CJ and CK suggests that one of them is probably inaccurate (or both). In the main text we adopt the slur of CJ, which is a natural continuation of the slur in b. 5-6. In our interpretation, the slur of CK encompasses the entire 2nd half of the bar.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 7

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

c3 repeated in A1, CJ & CK (→CB)

c3 tied in EL
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The tie of c3 must be an arbitrary decision of Kolberg or Szulc.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Revisions in EL

b. 7

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No sign in A1

 in CJ, CK (→CB) & EL
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 7-8

composition: Op. 28 No. 2, Prelude in A minor

Slur to bar 8 in A & CGS

Slur to end of bar 7 in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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The L.H. slur, which starts at the beginning of the Prelude, clearly reaches the 1st quaver in b. 8 in A. Nevertheless, both FC (→GE) and FE (→EE) considered it an inaccuracy and led the slur only to the last quaver in b. 7.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 7

composition: Op. 28 No. 2, Prelude in A minor

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before e on the 2nd quaver. The accidental is written in pencil also in FC; however, it is an addition of Hermann Scholtz, a later owner of the manuscript. In GE, which also includes that , one can see that it was added at the time of proofreading the print version, since there was no place for it at the stage of laying out the text. Therefore, it is an editorial revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts