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Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

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b. 25-28

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

2 slurs in FC, literal reading

Continuous slur in FE (contextual interpretation→EE)

2 slurs in GE
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The slurring of the first phrase in this section is inaccurate or erroneous both in FC and FE. It concerns particularly FC, in which, when interpreted literally, the slurs are unclear and almost certainly incomplete. The slurring of FE can be easily guessed, as a result of which a corrected version of this slurring is already present in EE; in this situation, it is the version we give in the main text.
The slur added in pencil to FC in bars 27-28 comes from the reviser of GE, who considered the absence of a slur in these bars (and actually rightly so) to be a patent mistake (in FC these bars end the page, which is often conducive to oversights).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 40-41

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

Slur from b. 40 in FC (→GE)

Slur from b. 41 in FE (→EE)
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In FC the initial fragment of the slur, over bar 40, was added probably by Chopin. Therefore, we regard this version as a Chopinesque improvement and give it in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 75-76

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

2 slurs in FC (→GE)

Continuous slur in FE (→EE)
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It is difficult to say how the difference in slurring occurred. Both versions seem musically equal. In the main text we give the version of the principal source, FC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 94-95

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

Slur in b. 94 in FC (→GE)

Slur to b. 95 in FE (→EE)
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The R.H. slur, present in this form in all sources, proves that, in spite of the change of mode and dynamics, Chopin associated the last bar with the preceding phrase. Due to the above, we give preference to the L.H. slur in FE (→EE), implementing the same idea.

category imprint: Differences between sources