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Issues : Embracing slurs

b. 61-66

composition: Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

Continuous, six-bar slur in AI

Shorter slurs in FE (→GE,EE)
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Unlike in the preceding 8 bars, in this case Chopin did not introduce any changes to the slurs while proofreading FE2. Therefore, in the main text we keep the version of FE1 and the remaining sources.
The ending of the slur of AI is way too long – it reaches the rest in the middle of bar 67.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Embracing slurs

b. 62-63

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur to bar 63 in A (→GC,FE)

Slur to end of bar 62 in EE & GE
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , Embracing slurs , GE revisions

b. 66-75

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

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In these bars, AI does not contain a single L.H. motivic/articulation slur, which results from the working nature of this autograph – cf. b. 64-65.
In AF the slurs in b. 70-71 and 73-75 (as well as 65) illustrate how inaccurately written Chopin's slurs could be – their range does not raise any doubts here only thanks to the rests surrounding the motifs encompassed by the slurs.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Embracing slurs

b. 74-75

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

Continuous slur in GC (→GE)

Separate slurs in FE (→EE)
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It is difficult to determine what led to the difference in slurring between GC (→GE) and FE (→EE). The notation of [A] could have been ambiguous, e.g. between the lines. In the main text we give the continuous slur of GC, since there is no visible musical reason to disrupt this rhythmically homogeneous, smoothly descending sequence.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Embracing slurs , EE inaccuracies

b. 78-79

composition: Op. 10 No 12, Etude in C minor

Slur in A (probable interpretation) & FE (→GE,EE) 

Another interpretation of the slur in A
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The moment of the slur's beginning in A is unclear, hence we suggest two possible interpretations.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Embracing slurs , Pointing slurs