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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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b. 75

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

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We add a cautionary  before c1.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 75-77

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

A probable reading of the slurs of A

A possible reading of the slurs of A

Slurs in GE1 (→FE)

A slur in EE

A slur in GE2 (→GE3)

Our suggestion
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A has two R.H. slurs in those bars: one above the notes and the other, shorter one - under the notes (it is not clear whether the lower slur is to begin from the semiquaver or from the 2nd beat of the bar). The versions of GE1 (→FE) present the slurs of A inaccurately (the starting point) and erroneously (only one of the two slurs from bar 75 has an ending in bar 76 in a new line). In EE and GE2 (→GE3) the notation was streamlined, with a single slur left. In our opinion, the lower slur of A was written earlier and in the composer's intention it was replaced by the upper slur. Chopin failed to remove the earlier-written slur either accidently or wishing to avoid deletions and erasures that could affect the legibility of the manuscript.

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

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

b. 76

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

A long accent in A

A short accent in GE

A short accent in FE

No accent in EE
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The long accent over the minim b flat1 in A was written as a short one in GE. In FE it was placed under the note. In EE the accent is absent, as it was interpreted as   hairpins complementing the  hairpins from bar 75.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 77-81

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

A slur over the triplet in A

No extra slur in GE (→FE→EE)
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The extra slurs under the triplets in bars 77 and 81  in A  were omitted in GE(→FE→EE). In the context, those slurs are just part of the triplet markings and we do not take them into consideration (cf. General Editorial Principles, point 16).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Triplet slurs

b. 77

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

A dot in A (→GE→FE)

No dot in EE
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In EE, the staccato dot under A flat1 was omitted.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE