AsI
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AsI - Working autograph of score
A - Autograph fair copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Corrected impression of GE1
GE3 - Second German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FESB - Later French edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 284-285

Slur from b2 to f3 in A, possible interpretation

Slur from a2 to f3 in GE (→FE,EE)

Slur from b2 to g3 in A, contextual interpretation

As in the previous bar, the beginning of the slur having been placed in GE (→FE,EE) at the beginning of bar 285 is probably a routine revision by the engraver of GE1. As far as the ending of the slur is concerned, in A it is clearly inaccurate – the fact that it reaches only e3 is musically inexplicable. However, it is uncertain whether Chopin wanted the slur to reach only f3, as is the case of GE (→FE,EE), or the g3 quaver, after the remaining slurs in bars 283-286, which always end on longer rhythmic values (quavers or crotchets). In the main text we incline toward the latter.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A, GE revisions

notation: Slurs

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