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A possible interpretation of the slur of A |
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The slurring in the right hand in this bar is a bit of an editorial challenge due to the generally imprecise notation of the slurs and also due to deletions in A. Both slurs were probably inserted before the 3rd sixth was corrected and were meant to produce the following phrasing (cf. slurs in A, bar 14):
(the text of the final version; before the correction, the 3rd sixth was e2-c sharp3).
Adopting the solutions that first come to mind when we look at A, we obtain the following slurring:
(cf. bar 36).
Also the reading of the slurs in GE (→FE→EE) seems to stay in line with the notation of A:
. That phrasing, parallel to the one used e.g. in bar 16, could appeal to Chopin as attractive both at the stage of controlling A and reviewing GE and FE, and therefore we give it as the main one.
All the three above-suggested variants of slurring are in our opinion well-grounded in the sources and make sense from the musical point of view. Therefore, they can be considered alternative phrasing suggestions for that fragment.
category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources
issues: Inaccurate slurs in A
notation: Slurs
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