Main text
Main text
A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz Copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESch - Scherbatoff copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE1a - Corrected impression of EE1
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1a
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  b. 15-18

Coninuous slurs in A (→FE), probable interpretation

In A (→FE) b. 15 and 17 fall at the end of the line, and the slurs running over them go quite clearly beyond the bar lines, thus suggesting a continuation. However, the slurs in b. 16 and 18 rather do not confirm that. In FC (→GE) Fontana interpreted them as divided; separate slurs are also to be found in EE. In the main text we interpret them as combined, which is compliant with the structure of this fragment, consisting of a two-bar phrase presented twice in contrasting dynamics.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, Inaccurate slurs in A, Uncertain slur continuation

notation: Slurs

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