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Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

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b. 14

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

2 slurs in FE1 (→GE)

1 slur in FE2 (→EEW)
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The double slur in FE1 (→GE) is probably a remaining element of the initial slurring, left by inadvertence, corrected by Chopin in FE2 (→EEW).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 16-17

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

Longer slur in FE (→GE1,→EEW)

Shorter slur in GE2 (→GE3)
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The decision to shorten the slur in GE2 (→GE3) probably resulted from the vague notation of GE1 – the slur reaches the bar line there, which the engraver of GE2 clarified by adjusting the range of the slur to the basic rhythmic structure (bar).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 16

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

Double slur in FE (→GE,→EEW)

1 slur suggested by the editors
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According to us, the additional slur, present in all sources, is a consequence of unclear notation in [A] or a remaining element from before corrections, hence we do not include it in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 20-21

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

Longer slur in FE (→GE1,→EEW)

Shorter slur in GE2 (→GE3)
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As in bars 16-17, in GE2 (→GE3) the slur was arbitrarily shortened.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 22-24

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

2 slurs in FE, contextual interpretation

3 slurs in FE, possible interpretation

Slur in b. 24 in GE

2 slurs in b. 22-23 in EEW
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None of the sources conveys the correct version of slurring in these bars. In FE it is bars 23-24 that are ambiguous – the slur in bar 23, at the end of the page, does not point to continuation, while its shape could even suggest that it was shortened in print. This, in turn, is contrary to the slur in bar 24, which clearly suggests that the slur from the previous bar should be continued. The unquestionable slurs over analogous motifs in bars 31-32, 63-64 and 75-76 are also an argument for a continuous slur, hence this is the slur we give in the main text. In GE the missing slurs in bars 22-23 are probably an oversight, since in bar 24 (on a new page) the notation of FE was repeated, with a slur pointing to continuation from the previous bar. By contrast, in EEW it was the continuation of the slur on a new page that was omitted (overlooked? considered erroneous?).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , Uncertain slur continuation