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Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 84-85

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

A possible reading of the slurs of A (→GE→FE), slurs in EE3
 

The slur of EE1 (→EE2)
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In A (→GE→FE), the slur at the end of bar 84 does not match the slur in bar 85 that opens a new system. The slur in bar 85 is drawn as a new one, not a continuation. This inaccurate notation may be interpreted in two ways:

  • the way Chopin notated the slurs in bars 76-77; that version can be found in EE3; 
  • the way in which the slur in bars 80-81 are notated; that version appears in our main text as the simplest one. 

In EE1 (→EE2) the slurring discrepancy was resolved by omitting the slur at the end of bar 84.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 99

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

A wedge in A

Absence of any sign in GE1 (→FE→EE1→EE2)

A dot in GE2 (→GE3)

An accent in EE3
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The evident staccato sign in A, which in our opinion should be read as a wedge, was omitted from GE1 (→FE→EE1→EE2). A dot was added in GE2 (→GE3) to rectify that error. EE3 has an accent added instead, probably by analogy to bars 15 and 19. We base our main text on A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Wedges

b. 100-104

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

Without a slur in A# (→GE→FE→EE1→EE2)

A slur in EE3
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The slur added in EE3, probably modelled on the one added in EE in bars 16-17, is definitely inauthentic.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 103-104

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

No slur in A (→GE→FE→EE1→EE2)

A slur in  EE3
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The slur added in EE3 was modelled on authentic slurs from bars 15-16 and analogous bars. However, we do not include that slur, as Chopin actually marked the last appearance of the main theme of the Mazurka by that slight difference.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 109-112

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

A single slur in GE (→FE)

Two slurs in A and EE
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Taken literally, A has got two slurs in the L.H. embracing bars 109-110 and 111-112. In spite of that, in GE (→FE) the entire four-bar section is embraced by a single slur This seems to be a fortunate inaccuracy, as there are no grounds for applying different slurring than the one used in analogous bars 105-108 (and only in the L.H. probably - see the note concerning the R.H.). EE has got two slurs, which may have been influenced by the R.H. slurring.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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