A
Main text
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
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  b. 28

2 slurs, 2nd to f2 in A

Continuous slur to a1 in FE (→EE)

2 slur, 2nd to a1 in GE

Continuous slur to f2, our alternative suggestion

The unquestionable A slurring was inaccurately recreated in the remaining sources. In all editions, the slur ending on the 3rd beat reaches the 4th beat; it almost certainly resulted from a misunderstanding of the Chopinesque slur, clearly encompassing the crotchet on the 3rd beat (f2). The origin of the difference in the first half of the bar is less clear, since a similar discrepancy is present in analogous bar 36. Such compliance points to an intentional change, although inaccuracies and simplifications in the [FC] notation or FE cannot be ruled out. In the main text we give the A version; taking into account the possible authenticity of the slurs having been combined between the 1st and 2nd beats, we suggest a modified FE version as an alternative solution.  

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE, Inaccuracies in FE

notation: Slurs

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Original in: Biblioteka Narodowa, Warszawa