FE1
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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. 72-73

End of slur in A, contextual interpretation

GE (→FEEE)

When interpreted literally, the slur of A ends over the penultimate semiquaver in bar 72. While the very inaccuracy of notation is hardly disputable, it is uncertain where the slur was supposed to reach, according to Chopin's intention. The interpretation of the editions is certainly possible, yet, according to us, embracing the entire first musical thought (to the F1-F octave in bar 73) is more likely, showing the overlapping segments of this introduction to the 1st theme in the solo part better. 

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A, GE revisions

notation: Slurs

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Original in: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris