GE1a
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. 17

Slur in A & GE2

2 slurs in GE1 (→FEEE)

In the main text we give the slur of A (and GE2) whose authenticity remains beyond any doubt. Two slurs of GE1 (→FEEE) may, however, also be authentic:

  • it is exactly the slurring Chopin wrote at the repetition of this phrase in bars 85-86;
  • the change does not correspond to the schemes most frequently applied by the engraver of GE1: the division of the slur is not compliant with the basic metric structure (bars or halves of bars).

There are also arguments against:

  • on the copies of GE1 available to us (including GE1a) there are no visible traces of performing changes in print, possible Chopin corrections could be introduced only in this form;
  • GE1 did not correctly reproduce slurs in any of four similar phrases (bars 15-16, 17-18, 83-84 and 85-86); it produced reasonable results only in the discussed case.

Compare the passage in the sources »

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions, Authentic corrections of GE

notation: Slurs

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