FE1
Main text
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
GE4 - Corrected impression of GE3
GE1a - Album German edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Amended impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 44-45

2 slurs, second to b. 45 in A

2 slurs in b. 44 in FE (→GE1,EE)

1 slur in GE1a

No slurs in GE2 (→GE3GE4)

The missing second slur in GE1a may be blamed on the vague notation of GE1 (repeated after FE), in which bar 45, which opens a new page, does not contain the ending of that slur, despite the fact that its shape indicated that it should be continued. Therefore, the engraver of GE1a was not sure how he should lead that slur with b. 44-45 being in one line. The absence of both slurs in GE2 and further is also related to the division into pages – the corners of the plates on which the musical text was engraved would wear down quicker; to remedy this situation, small fragments were engraved anew. Sometimes mistakes were committed while reproducing the text, mostly oversights. This is also the case in the discussed place.

In A, the ending of the second slur reaches the beginning of b. 45, which was not reproduced correctly in FE (→GE1), since there is no ending of the slur in b. 45 (on a new page), although the slur at the end of b. 44 suggests that it should be continued. Therefore, we consider this slur to be an inaccurately engraved slur over the group of 4 quavers, as it was understood in EE.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE, Errors in GE, Uncertain slur continuation

notation: Slurs

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Original in: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris