EE1
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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. 8

Slur to 2nd beat in A (contextual interpretation→FC)

Slur to 3rd beat in FE (→EE) & GE

In A it is unclear whether the slur encompasses d1 on the 2nd beat of the bar or whether it aims for g1 on the 3rd beat. According to us, it is the former that is more likely – the slur symmetrically encompasses the notes played on the 2nd beat of both bars, which is an argument for a symmetrical interpretation of both its ends; since the beginning of the slur undoubtedly falls on the 2nd beat of the bar, its ending is also to be interpreted so. This is how it was interpreted and clearly written down by Fontana in FC, which was, however, ignored in GE.  

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A, GE revisions

notation: Slurs

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Original in: Pierpont Morgan Library, New York