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Atut - Autograph of first Tutti
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FEFo - Forest copy
FEH - Hartmann copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2a - Altered impression of GE2
GE3 - Second German edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE2
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 452-453

Slur E-B1 in sources

Our suggestion – no slur

The articulation markings at the transition between these bars in FE (→EE) are questionable. It particularly applies to the internally contradictory combination of the two-note slur of E-H with the wedge over E – one of those marks is most probably erroneous:

  • according to us, it is the slur that is unnecessary – upon seeing in the base text the E note provided with a wedge (at the beginning of bar 452) and a slur directed towards the bar line, the engraver could have placed a mirror reflection of that slur in the discussed place by mistake. An overlooked slur results in an analogous version to bars 448-449, which clearly supports this interpretation, regardless of how the version of FE came into existence;
  • the wedge could have been misplaced. This is how it was interpreted in GE, which moved the mark to the beginning of bar 453. Such a version can be considered an alternative interpretation of the notation of FE.

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issues: Errors in FE

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