In A the shape of the slur between the e
3 crotchet and the e2 quaver resembles the shape of a tie, which suggests that Chopin wrote it by mistake, believing that he was combining two identical notes. Such a tie would make sense in a similar figure 2 bars earlier (bar 59), yet it is uncertain whether it was indeed Chopin's intention (in the analogous phrase in the recapitulation a similar tie is absent both in bar 219 and 221). A trill starting from a tied note is generally rare; in the case of Chopin's oeuvre, it is unheard of, hence we do not suggest such an interpretation of the composer's intention, not even as a variant. In the discussed place it can be considered a slur; however, due to the fact that it is most likely a mistake, we omit it in the main text, as it was already done in GE (→FE,EE,IE).
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notation: Slurs