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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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b. 60

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

No slur in A

The slur of GE1 (literal reading)

A probable interpretation of the slur of GE1 (→FE→EE, →GE2→GE3)
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A has no slur in the 2nd volta of bar 60. The slur added in GE1 – perhaps by Chopin himself – is not clear as far as its starting point is concerned. It may be interpreted either as a continuation or as a freshly started slur. It was read as the latter in FE (→EE), as well as GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of GE

b. 60

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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In A (→GE1→FE >EE1→EE2) Chopin forgot to put in a  raising g flat to g. The error was corrected in GE2 (→GE3) and EE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 60-61

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

The indication in bars 60-61 in A (→GE→FE)

The indication in bar 61 in EE
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In EE, the indication con anima does not appear until bar 61.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 61-62

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

Slurs in A (→GE→FE→EE)

The editors' alternative proposition
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A (→GE→FE→EE) has two slurs in this bar. In all the analogous places further on in the text (seven in total) the slur running from the 1st note of the bar ends in the subsequent bar. Then, it may be the case that the slurring in bar 61 is an initial version left unchanged due to Chopin's oversight. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 61

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

con anima in bars 60-61 in A (→GE→FE)

con anima in bar 61 in EE
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In EE the indication con anima appears only in bar 61. This is certainly the result of planning out the musical text in such a way that bar 61 is the first bar on a new page. For the same reason, this solution may also be recommended for texts created in our system.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions