GE1
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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. 205-207

Slur in A (contextual interpretation) & GE2

No slur in GE1 (→FEEE1)

Slur in EE2 (→EE3)

In bars 205-206, ending the page in A, the slur is led only over the R.H. However, on a new page, in bar 207 the ending of the slur is written in the parts of both hands. It can be simply an insignificant mistake, yet, according to us, writing the slur also in the L.H. proves that Chopin was convinced that he wrote slurs for both hands in the previous bars. Perhaps the slur in GE2 was added on that basis – it is absent in GE1 (→FEEE1). A slur added only in bar 206 in EE2 (→EE3) is absolutely arbitrary. See also bars 212-213.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, Inaccurate slurs in A, GE revisions

notation: Slurs

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Original in: Zbiory prywatne (kolekcja J. Ekiera), Warszawa