The phrase mark in A ends in b. 58, near the beginning of the bar – it is difficult to determine, since it is one of the bars written down in an abridged manner, without notes. We assume that it reaches the 1st chord in that bar. However, both FC and FE interpreted the ending of that phrase mark differently – in FE it was led to the end of the bar, whereas in FC even further (in FC the bar ends a line while the phrase mark goes beyond the stave), which in GE was reproduced as a phrase mark running to the 1st chord in b. 59. Taking into account the fact that the ending of that phrase mark is most probably inaccurate in A – see below, the note on the L.H. phrase mark – both versions can be considered possible interpretations of the notation of A. In the main text we suggest yet another solution, based on the following, additional assumptions:
- in analogous b. 42-43 the phrase mark ending on the last chord of the phrase (at the beginning of b. 43, which corresponds to b. 59) was prolonged by Chopin to the end of the bar and beyond;
- a new phrase mark starts clearly in b. 60, which limits the range of the preceding phrase mark.
That version was also introduced by EE.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources
issues: Inaccuracies in FE, Inaccurate slurs in A
notation: Slurs
