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Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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b. 5

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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In the absence of [A], it is difficult to determine whether the curved line over the g notes in FE (→GE,EE) is a tie sustaining those notes or a motivic slur (in Chopin's autographs, the differentiation is possible due to the shape of the curved lines). According to us, it is a motivic slur that is more likely here.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies , Tie or slur

b. 33

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Slur from 2nd note in FE (→EE)

Slur from 1st note in GE
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An earlier beginning of the slur in GE is most probably an inaccuracy of the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 35

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Slur from a1 in FE (→GE,EE)

Slur from g1 suggested by the editors
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The slur of FE (→GE,EE) is most probably inaccurate, perhaps due to an imprecisely drawn slur of [A]. The musical sense requires all slurs in this and the next bar to have the same range. We presume a natural assumption that it is the slurs that encompass the entire virtuoso scale led in the interval of sixth that are correct, hence the bottom one in bar 35 and the top one in bar 36.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 36

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Slur in FE (→GE,EE)

Slur suggested by the editors
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The slur of FE (→GE,EE) must be inaccurate, which could have been provoked by a too spaciously drawn slur of [A]. 

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issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 37

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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In GE, the meno mosso indication is present at the beginning of bar 37 and not bar 39 like it is in FE (→EE). See the note in bar 39.

category imprint: Differences between sources