FE1
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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
GE1a - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Third German edition
GE4 - Fourth German edition
GE5 - Fifth German edition
EE - English edition
EE2 - First English edition
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
EE4 - Revised impression of EE3
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  b. 39-40

Literal reading of slur in A (→FE)

Possible interpretation of A & slur in GE & EE

Interpretation of A suggested by the editors

The slur of A in bar 39 unanimously suggests a continuation, which is, however, not confirmed in bar 40, on a new page, where the slur is missing. In FE the slur was correctly reproduced in terms of graphics, yet it is hard to assume that Chopin had such a slur in mind. Both in GE and EE the slur was extended in such a way to dissipate the doubts concerning its scope. We suggest a different interpretation.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

notation: Slurs

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