According to us, the continuous slur of A1 may result from overlapping of two inaccurately written slurs – in b. 40, which ends the line, and in b. 41, which opens the next one. The fact that it is probably the slur in b. 40 that is inaccurate is proven by the R.H. slur, which also clearly suggests continuation, in spite of the fact that b. 41 opens with a rest. It would mean that Chopin had one slurring concept from the very beginning, i.e. separated slurs, which was conveyed by GE.
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources
issues: Inaccurate slurs in A
notation: Slurs