When interpreted literally on the basis of the available photograph, the slur of A ends over the g1 crotchet; this is how it was reproduced by FE (→GE,EE). According to us, the small mark over the e
1 minim in b. 77 may be the ending of that slur, a part of which is invisible or poorly visible due to an uneven flow of ink. This is indicated by a comparison with the slurs in analogous places, in b. 68-69, 70-71 and 78-79. Even if our conjecture concerning the range of the discussed slur is wrong, the slur having been prolongated in the last of the aforementioned places proves that Chopin wanted such a slurring.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Editorial revisions
issues: Inaccurate slurs in A
notation: Slurs