The notation of FE is unclear – in bar 374, opening a new line of text, an ending of a slur that was probably reaching the top note of the d2-b2 sixth was printed (the slur is inaccurate, it cannot be ruled out that it was supposed to apply to the bottom note), yet in bar 373, there is no slur suggesting continuation in the next bar. GE and EE specified the notation differently:
- in GE, the fragment of the curved line in bar 374 was considered a tie of d2, and we consider that interpretation to be correct (cf. the unquestionable notation of analogous bars 377-378);
- EE adopted a natural, at first sight, interpretation of the curved line as a motivic slur (we also consider it to be the text of FE); when interpreted so, the last d2 in bar 373 is not tied to the next bar.
Moreover, if we assume that the slur in the 2nd half of bar 373 was inaccurately reproduced and is too short, the discussed fragment of the slur in bar 374 may be considered an ending of that slur. We discuss this and other issues related to slurs and phrase marks in a separate note.
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category imprint: Differences between sources
issues: Inaccuracies in FE, GE revisions
notation: Rhythm