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. 76-77

Overlapping slurs in A (likely interpretation) & FE (→EE)

Continuous slur in A (possible interpretation→GE)

In A the slur in bar 76, last in a line, suggests that it should be continued, which is not confirmed by the slur at the beginning of bar 77. The comparison with analogous situations in bars 163-164 and 243-244, which are not at the beginning or end of a line in A, does not make it easier to guess Chopin's intention, since in bars 163-164 there is a continuous slur, whereas in bars 243-244 the slur is divided. In this situation, to the main text we adopt the FE solution, which could be considered compromise – the slurs meeting on the 1st quaver in bar 77.
Similarly, in bars 80-81.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A, Uncertain slur continuation

notation: Slurs

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