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Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

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b. 96-97

composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

A wedge and a slur in A

A slur in GE1 (→FE→EE)

A dot and a slur in GE2 (→GE3)
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On the 2nd and the 3rd beat of the bar in the main text we give the articulation marks (a wedge and a slur) written in A. Despite the clear notation of A,  the staccato sign was omitted from GE1 (→FE→EE) and the beginning of the slur placed right above the crotchet b1. The slurring error was corrected in GE2 (→GE3) and staccato marked again, this time with a dot. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Wedges

b. 96

composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

A possible reading of the slur of A (→GE→FE→EE)

Contextual interpretation of the slur of  A
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The extent of the slur is not quite clear in A. The interpretation adopted in GE (→FE→EE) may be considered possible, but in the editors' opinion a longer slur, reaching the crotchet on the 2nd beat, is far more probable. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 100-104

composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

Without a slur in A# (→GE→FE→EE1→EE2)

A slur in EE3
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The slur added in EE3, probably modelled on the one added in EE in bars 16-17, is definitely inauthentic.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 103-104

composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

No slur in A (→GE→FE→EE1→EE2)

A slur in  EE3
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The slur added in EE3 was modelled on authentic slurs from bars 15-16 and analogous bars. However, we do not include that slur, as Chopin actually marked the last appearance of the main theme of the Mazurka by that slight difference.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 109-112

composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

A more probable reading of the slurs of A (→GE2→GE3)

A less probable reading of A (→GE1→FE→EE)
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Bar 111 opens a new line in A. This, as is often the case in Chopin's autographs, brings about some ambiguity related to the extent of slurs. The slur in bar 110 clearly suggests continuation, which is not confirmed by the slur from bar 111. The conclusive slurring in bars 105-108 makes us consider a single slur to be much more probable than the two slurs printed in GE1 (→FE→EE). The interpretation concordant with our conclusion was adopted in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A