In this case, the change of slurring introduced in GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2) may come from Chopin. It is indicated by:
- intense corrections of slurs in GE1 in the next line (bars 119-121);
- an atypical to the manner of the engraver of GE1 place of division of the slur (not on a bar line or in the middle of a bar);
- a correction visible in A at the beginning of bar 117 – the slur from the preceding bar originally reached the e1 semiquaver. It suggests that Chopin considered beginning a new slur from the 2nd crotchet in the bar (together with a new chord in the L.H.), hence exactly as we see it in GE1 in bar 118.
On the other hand, the clear and uncorrected mistakes in reproducing slurs in bars 115-117, preceding this place, dictate caution in the assessment of the slurring of GE1. Due to this reason, in the main text we give the undoubtedly authentic slur of A.
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations
issues: Corrections in A, Authentic corrections of GE
notation: Slurs