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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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b. 108-110

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

A possible reading of the slurs of A

A probable reading of A (→GE→FE→EE)

The completed notation of the slurs of A
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The slurring in A is unclear due to discordant notation of bar 108, the last one on the page, and bar 109 that begins a new page. GE (→FE→EE) have a single continuous slur in those two bars. In FE, the slur in bar 109, the last bar of the line, ends erroneously on the last quaver (its continuation in bar 110 is written correctly). 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 110

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

End of the slur in A (→GE) and EE

End of the slur in FE
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In FE, the slur ends - unlike in all the other sources - on the semiquaver, which is an evident mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 117-118

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

A probable reading of the slur of A

A possible interpretation of the slur of A

The slur in GE (→FE→EE)
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In the main text we give the most probable reading of the slur in A. In GE (→FE→EE) the slur was stretched to embrace full beats.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 118

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

A slur in A (→GE1→FE→EE)

No slur in GE2 (→GE3)
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In GE2 (→GE3) the slur embracing the two quavers was removed. That revision could seem in place when the slur from bar 117 reached the second one of the two quavers. However, in our main text we retain Chopin's slurring from A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 125-126

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

Slur beginning in A

GE1 (→FE→EE)

GE2 (→GE3)
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The slur in A begins on a semiquaver, along with the melodic narrative. In GE1 (→FE→EE) it begins over the dotted crotchet, and in GE2 (→GE3) it starts at the beginning of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions