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A - Autograph
FE - French Edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German Edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Second, revised impression of GE2
GE4 - Third impression of GE2
EE - English Edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Later impression of EE1
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  b. 48-50

 

 

 

 

The final fragment of the slur in A is written with panache, so the slur goes to bar 51. However, the shape of the sign clearly advocates for ending the slur in bar 50. In this situation the version of GE must be considered as erroneous.
The slurs in FE and EE probably reflect the original Chopin's notation: the slur in EE is almost entirely compatible with the range of that part of slur in A, which is written with a thicker line (from the 2nd crotchet of bar 49). Therefore, it is possible that Chopin first wrote this part and then completed the initial fragment of the slur.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Overextending slur, Errors in GE

notation: Slurs

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