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(Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt IV

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Main text
A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
IE - Italian edition
IE1 - First Italian edition
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  b. 384-385

No slurs in A (→GE→IE)

Slur in FE

Slurs in EE

The slurs/ties added in FE and EE, although certainly inauthentic, most probably correspond to the performance intended by Chopin.
The second slur added in EE is incomplete – its ending in bar 384 was omitted, in a new line.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, EE inaccuracies, FE revisions

notation: Slurs

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