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Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

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Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 49-50

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

The slur of A, literal reading.

Contextual interpretation of  A (→GE→FE→EE)
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In A, the extent of the slur beginning on the 2nd beat of bar 49 is not quite clear. Both presented possibilities have some musical justification, yet a comparison with similar places in the text (bars 17-18 and 101-102) makes us consider the shorter slur to be more probable; this is also how that slur was understood in GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Overextending slur , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 57

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

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The extent of the slur in the L.H. that begins in A on the 3rd crotchet of bar 56 is not quite clear. In the editors' opinion that slur probably led to the deleted chord at the beginning of bar  57. In GE1 (→FE) it was brought as far as the 2nd crotchet, which does not follow in any way from A. That notation, incomprehensible in the context, was changed in EE, as well as in GE2 (→GE3) in the manner that we consider to be the most proper reading of A.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 58-59

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

The slur in A (a more probable reading) and FE (→EE1→EE2)

A less probable reading of A, GE and EE3
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The point where the slur over bar 59 exactly begins is not clear in A; most probably the slur extends from the quavers at the beginning of that bar, just like in more clearly notated analogous bars  63 and 67. This is how it was initially interpreted in GE1 (→FE→EE1→EE2), in which it was then prolonged (the traces of the deleted initial slur start are visible in GE1). Ultimately, GE has a slur beginning on f2 in bar 58, which is most probably due to Chopin's intervention (see the note to bars 62-63). That last-mentioned version was also introduced in EE3.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 63-64

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

A probable interpretation of the slurs in A (→GE→FE→EE)

A possible interpretation of A

The slurs in A, literal reading
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The interpretation of the slurs in A poses some difficulties, as both the first and the second slur were lengthened and the sequence and the final result of those corrections are unclear. In our opinion, the correction of the second slur is final and binding. This opinion was also reflected in GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Corrections in A

b. 66-67

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

The slur in  A

The slur in  GE (→FE→EE)
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The initial section of the slur in bar 67 (the bar that opens a new page in A) may suggest that the slur is continued from the previous page, but no slur begins in bar 66. Nonetheless, in GE (→FE→EE) the slur is drawn from f2 in bar 66. Fortunately, this inaccuracy in reading A proved consistent with Chopin's later corrections of analogous slurs in bars 58-59 and 62-63.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A