A
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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. 433-437

Slurs from d1 in A

Whole-bar slurs in GE (→FEEE)

The range of the four subsequent slurs in the L.H. in A may be problematic at the time of interpreting them – the lines are written with a flourish and they overlap with the  and  hairpins. The first slur is particularly inaccurate; in this case, it is both the beginning and ending that are questionable. However, a comparison of all four slurs allows us to state that the slurs always run from the dminim to the beginning of the next bar and this is the form in which we give them in the main text. The whole-bar slurs of the editions, although incompliant with A, could have been accepted by Chopin, since if we consider the authentic rhythmic values, accents and pedalling, the slurs can influence the performance to a minor extent. Similarly in bars 437-438.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE, Inaccurate slurs in A

notation: Slurs

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Original in: Biblioteka Narodowa, Warszawa