FE1
Main text
A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Later impression of GE1
GET - Toruń copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French Edition
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
FEFr - Franchomme copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English Edition
EE3 - Later impression of EE1
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The lower slur of A, interpreted in context

The lower slur in GE and EE

FE

A possible interpretation of the slur in FEJ

The notation of the lower slur in A is inaccurate. In the editors' opinion, its correct interpretation is the one given in GE. The slur of FE, extended even further up to the crotchet e flat2, may be a result of Chopin's correction, although we could not come across any graphic traces of its extending. Still, that solution, being the most natural from the musical point of view, is given in the main text. 

The compliance of EE (based on FE) with the version of  GE is probably accidental - a result of inaccurate reading of FE.

The mark in FEJ may be interpreted as a slur for the lower voice; in practice, its sense could be conveyed by prolonging the printed slur to the quaver a flat 1 at the end of the bar. It is, however, quite probable that the sign separates both voices of the right hand; this would indicate e.g. the need to suggestively convey the polyphony through distinct and independent phrasing in each voice. Therefore we do not include the mark in the main text. 

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies, Inaccuracies in GE, Inaccuracies in FE, Inaccurate slurs in A, EE inaccuracies, Authentic corrections of FE, Annotations in FEJ

notation: Slurs

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