A
Main text
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. 14-15

Slur 7 quavers in A & GE2

Slur 8 quavers in GE1

Slur 9 quavers in FE

No slur in EE

The slur of A undoubtedly begins from the 2nd quaver of the bar, hence the fact that it starts earlier in GE1 (→FE) is most probably a mistake. On the other hand, it is uncertain which note the slur of A is supposed to reach. A comparison with two analogous situations (bars 33 and 82) as well as separation of bass notes through articulation performed by Chopin in the entire movement tip the scales in favour of the slur ending together with the last chord in the bar. The interpretation adopted in the main text is present also in GE2. In GE1 the slur in bar 14 ends in a similar manner, yet in bar 15 one can see traces of deletion of the slur reaching the 1st quaver. It explains leading the slur from bars 14 until the beginning of bar 15 in FE.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

notation: Slurs

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