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Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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b. 8-9

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

No slur in AI & FE (→EE)

d-G slur in AF & GE
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The absence of a separate slur for the bass voice is most probably an oversight of the engraver of FE (→EE). The slur (as well as the staccato dot over G) is also absent in AI – cf. the note in the upbeat.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 8-9

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

New slur from 2nd quaver in AI & GE

New slur from 1st quaver in AF, literal reading

Overlapping slurs in FE (→EE)
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In AF both the ending of the slur in b. 8 and the beginning of the slur in b. 9 are written inaccurately, as a result of which each of the given versions may be considered an interpretation of this notation. According to us, the latter is to be interpreted as beginning from the 1st quaver of the bar, which is indicated by the similar yet more accurate versions of notation of AI and AF in analogous b. 100-101 (in AF the version prior to combining the slurs). To the main text we adopt the version of FE, perhaps proofread by Chopin (the first slur having been extended). The version of AI and GE may be considered an equal variant.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Chopin's hesitations , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 10-11

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

No slur in AI & GE

Slur to bar 11 in AF

Slur in bar 10 in FE (→EE)
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The missing slur in GE is a result of inadvertence, perhaps of the engraver, since this edition features slurs in an analogous motif in b. 11-13. The slur of FE (→EE) is inaccurate and misleading – it looks like a tie of f1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Tie or slur

b. 12-14

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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AI is devoid of L.H. slurs in these bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 16

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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AI and GE has a slur over the pair of the L.H. crotchets – see note below.

category imprint: Differences between sources