FE
Main text
A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE3 - Revised impression of EE1
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  b. 30-31

Slurs in A (→GE)

Corrected slurs in FE (→EE)

The editors' proposition

The first slur in bar 31 serves a double purpose in A (→GE): it is part of the triplet marking and at the same time it defines its articulation. When correcting FE (→EE), Chopin included a longer fragment of the phrase under the slur, and therefore the initial triplet slur lost its motivic and articulative meaning. In this situation we omit that slur, considering its preservation to be an inaccuracy of correction (cf. General Editorial Principles, point 16).

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE, Triplet slurs

notation: Slurs

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