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b. 141-143

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

  in AF (→FE)

  in GE

 in EE
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In the main text we give the   hairpins after AF (→FE), in which they are compliant with all markings of the sources in analogous b. 145-147. It suggests that the marks of GE in the discussed bars may be inaccurate. The absence of the second mark in EE is most probably a mistake.
In AI such markings are absent for the rest of the Mazurka.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 141-143

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

No slur in AI 

Slur from b in AF

Slur from c1 in FE (→EE) & GE
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It is unclear whether Chopin wanted the slur to begin from the c1 quaver or the b crotchet. The fact that the slur in FE (→EE) starts earlier than in AF is most probably an inaccuracy, which suggests that the slur of GE, of the same range, can also be inaccurate. However, the shape of the slur of GE1 shows that its initial fragment was being corrected in print, perhaps at Chopin's request, hence this is the version we give in the main text.
AI is devoid of slurs in these and next bars (until b. 152), which together fill the last line of the 2nd page of AI. Therefore, it is Chopin's inadvertence – on the next page the R.H. slurring is continued in this autograph.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 141

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Continued slur in A (→FE→EE)

New slur in GE
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As was described in b. 140, the slur of A (→FE→EE) clearly continues the slur from the preceding bar, which, due to the vague position of the ending of the slur of FE in b. 140, was not included by GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 141

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Slur to b1 in A, literal reading

Slur to end of bar in FE (→GE,EE)
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In the available photograph of A, the slur reaches only b1, which seems to emphasise the meaning of the voice separated by the additional crotchet stems. As it may be an inaccuracy of notation or even an effect related merely to the quality of the photo, not exactly the best (cf. the slur in b. 138 that is certainly supposed to reach the end of the bar), in the main text we give the version of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 141

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Long accent in A

No mark in FE (→GE,EE)

Our variant suggestion
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The accent was overlooked probably due to an oversight by the engraver of FE (→GE,EE), which Chopin possibly did not notice while proofreading FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE