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GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FES - Stirling copy
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EE1 - First English edition
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Arpeggio and slur in GE

Slur in FE

No mark in EE

The version of GE could have resulted from a double interpretation of the mark resembling a vertical curved line (with which Chopin most probably marked the arpeggio in [A]). Engravers would often work in stages, i.e. an entire page of noteheads, then beams, slurs, ornaments, etc., hence it is likely that the slur was engraved at the stage of slurs, while the arpeggio at the stage of ornaments.
The missing slur in EE must be an oversight of the engraver.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE, Errors in EE, Arpeggio – vertical slur

notation: Slurs

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