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Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
FE1
Main text
A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French Edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English Edition
EE2 - Second impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 8

A possible reading of the slur in A (→GE→FE→EE)

The slur of A interpreted in context

In A, the extent of the slur is not quite clear. The interpretation adopted in GE (→FE→EE) is possible, yet in our opinion a longer slur, reaching the crotchet on the 2nd beat of the bar, is much more likely. 

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See b. 6

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

notation: Slurs

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Original in: Fryderyk Chopin Museum, Warsaw