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Slurs to b2 & from c3 in A, literal reading |
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Slurs to g3 & from c3, our alternative suggestion |
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3 slurs, our different suggestion |
The extension of the slur in bar 284 in GE is most probably a routine revision assuming that the A slur is inaccurate; actually, it looks as if Chopin stopped writing it after having encountered an obstacle in the form of the a
3 quaver. In this context, the similarity between A and the slurs in EE and IE could be puzzling; perhaps the GE slur was changed in the last stage of proofreading – cf. bar 225. In GE (→FE,EE,IE) the described change is accompanied by an earlier starting point of the slur in bar 285, as a result of which all quavers in this fragment are encompassed by slurs. This change is unarguably contrary to the A notation.
In the main text we reproduce the A slurs, as it is uncertain whether they are inaccurate or not – perhaps Chopin wanted to lead the slur from bar 284 to g3 at the beginning of bar 285, which is suggested by the following slurs, or simply embrace a3-g3 with a slur, as he did in a similar situation in bars 73-74.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions
issues: Inaccurate slurs in A, GE revisions, EE inaccuracies, FE revisions,
notation: Slurs