FE1
Main text
½A - Semi-autograph
A - Autograph of the piano part
Morch - Manuscript of the orchestra part
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Retouched impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
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  b. 328-329

No L.H. slur in A

Slur over L.H. part in GE1 (→FEEE)

Longer slur under L.H. part in GE2

The slur over the final section of the passage in the L.H. written on the bottom stave is most probably an addition of the revision of GE1 (→FEEE). However, Chopin's proofreading cannot be entirely excluded, e.g. in such a situation:

  • the engraver of GE1 omits the final one-and-a-half-bar section of the Chopin slur running from bar 327 most probably due to graphical difficulties with fitting the slur into the area included in the octave sign;
  • upon seeing a section of the passage without a slur, Chopin adds a slur over it and a slur in the L.H. (this hypothetical Chopin proofreading was independently performed by the reviser of EE);
  • the engraver, still not knowing how to deal with the slur in the R.H., engraves only the slur in the L.H., which passes to FE;
  • after another intervention – of Chopin or of the reviser – a shorter, thus easier slur in bar 329 was added in the last phase of proofreading.

According to us, even if Chopin actually intervened in the slurring in any way in this place, the changes were meant as ad hoc corrections of mistakes and not as a change of the concept. Due to this reason, in the main text we leave the notation of A.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions, Authentic corrections of GE

notation: Slurs

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