b. 159
In AF both the ending of the slur from the previous bars and the beginning of the new one are written inaccurately, hence it is unclear which notes they are supposed to concern. The ending of the former is similarly inaccurate in GE, which suggests that it was also [AG] that was not precise in this respect. We reproduce the text of both sources the way it was performed in FE (→EE), which seems to be closest to this notation. However, we are convinced that Chopin meant the slur to be divided after the 1st beat of the bar, as in AI or the way both AF and GE have it in analogous b. 167.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources
issues: Inaccurate slurs in A
notation: Slurs