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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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  b. 2-3

A more probable interpreta­tion of the slur in A

A less probable interpreta­tion of A (→GEFEEE)

We discuss the difficulties with the interpretation of slurs in A in its characteristics. The musically obvious situations in bars  5-6 and 10-11 illustrate Chopin's tendency to imprecisely finish slurs on their right-hand side (this is visible in many slurs in that autograph); the same applies to both slurs in the left hand in bar 1. It is also worth noting that Chopin's handwriting at the beginning of the Nocturne​ is clearly left-slanted.

Cf. bar 14.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

notation: Slurs

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