GE1
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A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
AB - Autograph Beauchesne
ACh - Autograph Cheremeteff
CGS - Copy by George Sand
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. 3

Continuous slur in A (→FCGE, →FEEE) & ACh

2 slurs from 1st beat in AB

2 slurs from 2nd beat in CGS

The slurs of CGS in these bars are most probably doubly inaccurate, both in terms of their number and range. AB also has two slurs, and we consider that the slur in b. 3 encompasses the entire bar (Chopin probably ran out of ink). In turn, in all the sources related to the publication of the Prelude, those bars are encompassed with one slur; the same applies to ACh (we assume that the slur intentionally reaches the end of b. 4 – see the characterization of ACh).  

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

notation: Slurs

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