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The range of the slur in b. 4 is unclear in A – it can be interpreted as a slur dragged to the a
1 crotchet or as an unfinished slur/tenuto encompassing that crotchet along with the bottom voice quavers that fill it (as was reproduced by Fontana in FC). As it is slurs/tenutos that prevail in similar situations in the entire Prelude – particularly consistently from b. 65 on – in the main text we give such a slur. The continuous slur of FE (→EE), certainly contrary to the notation of A, probably resulted from the engraver's carelessness.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources
issues: Errors in FE, Inaccurate slurs in A, Tenuto slurs
notation: Slurs
