Issues : Uncertain slur continuation

b. 4-5

composition: Op. 28 No. 20, Prelude in C minor

Continuous slur in A (literal reading→FEEE) & CGS

Separate slurs in A (contextual interpretation→FCGE), AB & ACh

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The slurs of A between b. 4 and 5 are ambiguous – the slur in b. 4, which ends the line, clearly suggests continuation, which is not confirmed by the slur in b. 5. The four-bar structure of the Prelude, emphasized by the change of register and dynamics, makes us consider the ending of the slur in b. 4 to be inaccurate, which is confirmed by the notation of both later album autographs.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Uncertain slur continuation