The slurring of the first three beats of the bar constitutes a difficult editorial problem. The absence of signs in A must be considered an inaccuracy – it is the only recitative's fragment that is devoid of slurs. The addition of slurs in GE1 was most probably inspired by Chopin, yet due to the differences between the hands it is hard to assume that they exactly correspond to his intention (a rational attempt at interpreting the intention may be the slurs of GE2). The overlooked slur in the R.H. in FE may also indicate Chopin's proofreading – perhaps its aim was to achieve such slurs as in EE.
The suggested main text is based on an attempt at interpreting Chopin's intention made in EE, including the slurring convention of the R.H. only, which in this section of the recitative prevails in the notation of A (cf. bars 57-61).
If in bar 64 the version with harmonic accompaniment was chosen, the version without slurs or one of the versions with slurs in the R.H. only is to be selected here.
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category imprint: Differences between sources
issues: Authentic corrections of FE, Authentic corrections of GE
notation: Slurs
