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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. 203-204

Slur in A, probable interpretation

Possible interpretation of slur in A

Slurs in GE (→FEEE)

The slur in A is written very firmly, yet its endings are not clearly combined with any particular notes, which leaves room for various interpretations, from  to . If the slur had been written before the last crotchet in bar 203 was corrected – the erased crotchet was placed more to the left and had a stem pointing upwards – it was undoubtedly the crotchet that marked its beginning. We assume that it was so, and we interpret the ending of the bar quasi-literally as a slur-tenuto to the end of the bar. We also allow an alternative interpretation of this slur as ending in bar 205.
It seems that GE (→FEEE) adopted the second of the possibilities illustrated above, writing it, however, in the form of three overlapping slurs – this unnecessarily complicated notation may be explained by the addition of slurs, as a proofreading of the original incomplete notation.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE, Inaccurate slurs in A

notation: Slurs

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