Atut
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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. 558-560

Slurs in FE (→EE)

Ties in GE

The bottom curved lines of FE (→EE) do not combine the bottommost (outermost) notes, like it was reproduced in GE, but pairs of lower middle notes, d1-c1 and c1-b. In FE, the slurs are not always accurately placed (see, e.g. the line above, bars 554-555); however, among the discussed curved lines, only the second could be considered to have been printed higher due to lack of space. Therefore, in the main text we preserve the notation of the principal source (FE). On the other hand, if [A] had contained ties –  – the engraver of FE could have easily misinterpreted that notation (in the above example, we reproduce the Chopinesque manner of writing ties and seconds in chords – cf. e.g. Atut, ties in bars 103-104 and 106-107 and seconds in bar 3 and 8). Therefore, the version of GE could be considered to be an alternative interpretation of the notation of FE, perhaps compliant with Chopin's intention.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

notation: Slurs

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Original in: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wiedeń