Upon seeing the slur of A led over the part of the L.H., impossible to reproduce in print in this form, the engraver of GE1 (→FE→EE) divided it into three parts to make it easier. According to us, the bottom slur is an addition by Chopin, who added a slur confirming the will expressed in A to embrace the part of the L.H. with one slur. In this context, it does not seem that Chopin would care about double slurs – the divided top slurs were most probably left in order to avoid an excessively complicated proofreading; it could have been a decision of the engraver or of Chopin. The added slur, although it is generally compliant with the slur of A, is, however, longer. Both versions make sense since the slur of A, led over the part of the L.H., reaches a
, which is then repeated, while the slur of GE, running from the bottom voice, embraces the entire bass line, in accordance with the phrasing of the R.H. In this situation, in the main text we reproduce the slur of A and we suggest the slur added in the proofreading of GE1 as an equal variant.
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