GE2
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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. 178-180

Whole-bar slur in A & GE2

2 slurs in GE1 (→FEEE)

According to us, instead of the whole-bar slurs of A in bars 178 and 180, GE1 (→FEEE) initially printed only the slurs over the triplets, which was corrected by Chopin, who added a slur in bar 178 compliant with A. It is noteworthy that the engraver of GE1 did not reproduce the clear and unambiguous slurs of A in any of four bars featuring a two-voice notation (bars 178, 180 and 182-183). It can be considered another argument confirming the misunderstanding of the specificity of piano notation in general, and particularly of the Chopin one. GE2 returned to the Chopin notation in all these bars.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions, Authentic corrections of GE

notation: Slurs

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