FC
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A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESf - Schiffmacher copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
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  b. 504-505

Slur in bar 504 in A (contextual interpretation→FEEE) & GE2 (→GE3)

Slur to bar 505 in FC

No slur in GE1

The ending of the slur of A is unclear; according to us, the final part of the slur, bent in the opposite direction, is a remaining part of an uncontrolled, further movement of the hand after finishing the two-note slur (like in the entire fragment). It misled Fontana, who led the slur to the next bar in FC, whereas FE (→EE) reproduced that slur in accordance with the scheme. GE1 omitted the slur of FC, which did not fit with the others, while subsequent GE added a slur over the 2nd and 3rd crotchets, undoubtedly intended by Chopin.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A, Errors in GE, GE revisions

notation: Pitch

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