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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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Main text
Main text
A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Later 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. 145

The slur of A, literal reading

Contextual interpretation of the slur in A (→GE→FE→EE)

Alternative interpretation of the slur in  A

In A, the slur begins right after the 2nd quaver, so it is possible that it was meant to begin from the crotchet b flat1. Still, the most probable option is that it was intended to embrace the entire final phrase, and this is how it was interpreted in GE (→FE→EE).

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

notation: Slurs

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