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Op. 28 No. 8, Prelude in F♯ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
EE1
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. 32-33

Separate slurs in A (contextual interpretation→FC→GE)

Continuous slur in A (literal reading→FE→EE)

Looking at the notation of A, one can have doubts whether in b. 33 Chopin wanted to continue the preceding slur or start a new one. The change of texture and the  mark, emphasizing the minim chord, are arguments for starting a new slur.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A, Uncertain slur continuation

notation: Slurs

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Original in: Pierpont Morgan Library, New York