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A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Fourth German edition
EE - English edition
EE3 - Corrected impression of [EE2]
EE4 - Revised impression of EE3
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  b. 78-79

Slur in A (probable interpretation) & FE (→GE,EE

Another interpretation of the slur in A

The question from which note Chopin wanted to begin the slur is unclear. It is symmetrical with respect to the pair of d2 and enotes, which suggests that it is supposed to concern only them (the slur in bar 80, which undoubtedly starts from the 1st note, is written with similar flourish in A). On the other hand, the left ending of the slur in bar 78 falls closest to the f1-athird, performed at the beginning of the bar. It may be considered as a hint that it is the interpretation of the engraver of FE (→GE,EE) that it is the correct one. Such interpretation is confirmed by the slur in the R.H. in bar 71, which is meaningful only when it starts from the fminim. 

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See b. 72

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A, Embracing slurs, Pointing slurs

notation: Slurs

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