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In the main text we give the slurs of A, which do not raise any doubts concerning both the sources and music. However, the version of GE may be considered at least to be equal:
- an inaccuracy consisting in engraving a slur incompatible with the division into bars or groups is something practically unusual in GE1, which, in spite of the lack of visible traces of corrections, makes Chopin's proofreading highly likely. The proofreading of the slurs can also be indicated by the slurring of FE (→EE), perhaps reproducing the state of GE1 from before the last phase of proofreading;
- Chopin wrote such a system of slurs in analogous bars 40-41.
The arguments for the adoption of the notation of A are as follows:
- a legible, unequivocal notation;
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no dynamic markings in these bars, emphasising the beginning of the ascending passage – cf.
in bars 40-41. A shorter slur of A suggests that a new thought begins in bar 385, which compensates this deficiency to a certain extent.
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category imprint: Differences between sources
issues: Inaccuracies in FE, Authentic corrections of GE
notation: Slurs