According to us, the slurs combining e with f and e1 with f1 are a result of a mistake of the engraver of FE, who placed them to the left-hand side of the chord in b. 266, whereas they should be ties, placed to the right-hand side of the chord. It is supported by the following arguments:
- the almost certainly erroneous third curved line, which turns out to be a tie of c1 – see the adjacent note;
- problematic purpose of this addition – in relation to the top voice, led in octaves, the slur over the entire phrase encompasses precisely the notes that are combined by the discussed slurs.
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources
issues: Errors in FE, Sign reversal, Partial corrections
notation: Slurs