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Slur over grace note in GE, literal reading |
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Arpeggio sign in GE, contextual interpretation |
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Slur under grace note (= tie) in FE, interpretation |
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No sign in EE |
The reason for the differences in the notation of the ornament preceding the d
2-d3 octave is most probably the Chopinesque manner of writing down arpeggios, which would often lose their wavy nature in his manuscripts, thus resembling vertical curved lines. In GE that notation was reproduced quasi-literally, while in FE it was considered a conventional mark combining the grace note with the main note, in this case with the one closest to the grace note, i.e. the bottom note of the octave (the absence of the mark in EE must be an oversight). Consequently, when interpreted literally, the notation of GE means a grace note without an arpeggio, whereas in FE a grace note attached to the bottom note of the octave, which results in an arpeggio without a grace note. In the main text we give the most likely notation, featured in the sources several more times in analogous places, i.e. a grace note and an arpeggio. Such a solution is also supported by the 3rd finger indicated for the grace note in GE – this fingering is natural and comfortable only if we include the arpeggio.
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category imprint: Differences between sources
issues: Inaccuracies in GE, Errors in EE, FE revisions, Arpeggio – vertical slur
notation: Ornaments
