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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  b. 26-27

A more probable interpretation of the slur of A (→GE)

The slur of FE (→EE) corrected by Chopin.

The end of the slur in A was written ambiguously and may be interpreted in two ways. In GE it was decided that the slur reaches a flat1 at the beginning of bar 27, which we find to be a more plausible interpretation.

Chopin's correction of FE related to the beginning of the slur in question – in phrasing, Chopin linked the return of the 1st theme with the introductory motif. That correction, linking the end of the slur from bar 25 with the beginning of the discussed slur in bar 26, may be considered to also confirm the correctness of deciphering the end of the latter slur. We think this allows one to resolve doubts caused by imprecise notation of that detail in A also at the beginning of the Nocturne and in bars 46-47.

Compare the passage in the sources »

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

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Slurs

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Original in: Fryderyk Chopin Museum, Warsaw