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WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

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  b. 20

e-B slur in A1, literal reading

No slur in CJ & EL

d-c slur in CK, literal reading

Whole-bar slur in CB

g-B slur suggested by the editors

The slurs in A1 and CK are placed negligently, and – particularly in the case of CK – there may be a doubt whether it was not a longer slur that was meant by Chopin. According to us, there are three musically justified versions – literal interpretation of A1, bar-long slur of CB and the intermediate version we suggest. The latter is a compromise between the shorter slurs of A1 and [A2] (→CK) and the most natural slur of CB, as far as the articulation is concerned.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

notation: Slurs

Missing markers on sources: A1, CJ, CK, CB, EL
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