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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. 79-80

Slur from 2nd beat in A (literal reading→FCGE)

Slur from 1st beat in A (contextual interpretation→FEEE)

The beginning of the slur in b. 79 falls in A between the 1st and 2nd crotchets. A comparison with b. 77 and suggestive examples of slurs written in a "pointing" manner, e.g. the L.H. slur in b. 78-79, suggest that the slur should start from the 1st crotchet, as was interpreted in FE (→EE). However, in the main text we suggest a literal interpretation of the slur, i.e. from the 2nd crotchet, to keep the difference between b. 77 and 79, clearly visible in A. This is how Fontana interpreted that slur in FC (→GE), regardless of the erroneous placement of the notes (wrong pitch).

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

notation: Slurs

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