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Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

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b. 73-88

composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

10 long accents in A

7  and 3 short accents in GE1

8  and 2 short accents in FE

4  and 6 short accents in EE

6 long accents and 4  in GE2 (→GE3)
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Each of the ten minims in that fragment has a long accent in A, and although the signs differ in length, reproducing them with the use of various markings (, long and short accents) seems not fully justified graphically and unconvincing from the musical point of view.  In GE1 the signs were interpreted in two ways, either as ordinary short accents (bars 77, 81 and 82) or as  from the minim to the crotchet. That notation was repeated in FE with just one change in bar 77. In EE,  marks were used in bars 73-78 and accents in bars 81-88. The notation of A was most faithfully reproduced in GE2 (→GE3): long accents in bars  73-82 and  in bars 85-88. That version may be considered an alternative reading of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 75

composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

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In A, the L.H. slur begins far before the 1st note of the bar, as if continued from the previous bar. Yet neither the notation of bar 74 nor the structure of motifs in this section (marked in a fairly unambiguous way) allow for such an interpretation. 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 75-76

composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

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There are traces of linking L.H. slurs at the transition between bars in A.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A

b. 79-80

composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

A less probable reading of the slur in A (→GE1→FE→EE)

A more probable reading of A (→GE2→GE3)
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The exact ending point of the slur in bar 80 is not clear in A. Numerous examples of 'embracing' slurs in the entire opus 24 may be an argument for ending the slur on the 2nd quaver of the bar. This is how the slur was reproduced in GE1 (→FE→EE). However, 'pointing' slurs are also present in A, and in this case the context speaks for such understanding the discussed slur in such a way, as :

  • in this part of the work, in the mazurka rhythm  quavers are never separated from the crotchet that follows them;
  • in the alternative version of the ending of that phrase in bars 75-76 Chopin corrected slurring in A; the results of those corrections may be considered applicable also here.

GE2 (→GE3) have the slur reaching the crotchet on the 2nd beat of the bar.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 83

composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

The note f in A, FE (→EE) and GE2 (→GE3)

The note g flat in GE1
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The first quaver f is written slightly too high in A, so in GE1 it was read as g flat. The mistake was corrected in FE (→EE), as well as in GE2 (→GE3)

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Inaccurate note pitch in A