A
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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. 112-113

The evolution of the slurring in these bars, visible in the deletions and corrections of A, could have looked like as follows:

  • Chopin started from 4 half-bar slurs in b. 112-113;
  • the slur in the 1st half of b. 113 was deleted and replaced with a shorter one, encompassing only the b2-a2 motif (the slur of the same range concerning the bottom voice could have been introduced at this stage as well); at the same time, a change was made to the slur in the 2nd half of the bar, i.e. it should start earlier – from the g2 quaver;
  • eventually, Chopin combined 3 slurs (the second in b. 112 and both in b. 113) in one, which he prolonged to the 1st chord in b. 114.

The slur received its final shape at the stage of proofreading FE – Chopin prolonged it to the beginning of b. 115.

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category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A, Deletions in A

notation: Slurs

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