Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 4-5

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

Literal reading of the slur in A

Contextual interpretation of A (→GEFEEE)

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The slur in the R.H., embracing the first four bars, reaches as far as the first note of bar 5 in A. However, connecting the initial four-bar section with the following phrase is very unnatural, both pianistically (change of register and the resulting change of hand position) and musically (evident separation of phrases underlined with the double bar line in bar 5). Therefore, considering the original notation of the slur to be imprecise, we assume that it embraces bars 1-4. This is how it was interpreted in GE (→FEEE). We come across similar situations in some other places as well, e.g. in bars 22-23 and 49-50

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 6

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

A possible reading of the slur in A (→GEFEEE)

The slur of A interpreted in context

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The extent of the slur in this bar in A is not clear. As slurs reaching grace notes are used only in exceptional cases, the slur in A may be interpreted as reaching the 2nd quaver or the crotchet on the 2nd beat of the bar. The comparison of all the 12 analogous bars point to the latter possibility. In GE (→FEEE), the former solution was adopted.

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

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 8

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

A possible reading of the slur in A (→GEFEEE)

The slur of A interpreted in context

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

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 22-23

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

The slur in A, literal reading

Contextual interpretation of the slur of A (→GEFEEE)

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The slur over bar 22 reaches over the 1st note of bar 23 in A . In the editors' opinion, this does not necessarily mean that the composer actually intended overlapping slurs here, as there are numerous slurring inaccuracies in A. In GE (→FEEE) the slurs are separated. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 38-42

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

Slur ending in A (→GEFEEE)

The editors' suggestion

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In the sources, the slur in bars 38 and 42 ends above the 2nd quaver of the bar. This is most probably the result of the inaccurate notation of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A