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b. 102-104

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

No marks in AI & AF (→FE→EE)

Long accents in GE

Long accents suggested by the editors
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The long accents under the triplets in b. 102 and 104 are only in GE. In the main text we place them over the notes, in accordance with the notation of AF in b. 10-12.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 102-105

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

No slurs in AI & GE

Slurs in AF (literal reading→FE→EE)

Slurs in Af, contextual interpretation
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The missing L.H. slurs must be considered Chopin's inadvertence, probably dating back to the stage of writing [AG] (→GE). The shorter first slur of FE (→EE) is a result of a typical inaccuracy of AF – in b. 103, opening a new page of the manuscript, there is no ending of the slur from b. 102, which suggests continuation.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 102-103

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

Continuous slur in AI & GE

2 slurs in AF (literal reading→FE→EE)
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The slurs of AF (→FE→EE) are almost certainly inaccurate, which is proven by the version of the remaining sources and by the concordant version of all sources in analogous places (b. 10-11 and 136-137). The inaccuracy was probably caused by the transition to a new page, which starts in AF from b. 103. Cf. the note on the L.H. slur.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 102-104

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Rests on 6th beat in A

No rests in FE (→GE,EE)
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In the main text, we give the simplified notation of FE (→GE,EE). It does not seem that the rests were being removed; however, in this case, the strict notation of A constitutes a superfluous graphic complication.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions

b. 102-104

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

2  & 4  in A

3  in FE (→GE,EE)
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Out of the six  and  marks present in A, the editions reproduced only three, two of them in b. 103 inaccurately – in A, the marks in b. 102 are clearly longer than in the next ones. In our transcription, we convey it by interpreting the marks in b. 103-104 as long accents, since in spite of their significant size, they concern only the g1-g2 minims (in b. 102 they reach as far as the f1-f2 minims). Anyways, all these markings dynamically and expressively emphasise the g1-g2 minims; it is possible to vary the manner in which it will be achieved, which we, however, leave to the discretion of the performer.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in FE