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Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

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b. 25-26

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

The slur in A – approximate literal reading

The slur in GE1 (→FE→EE)

The slur of  GE2 (→GE3)
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The exact starting point of the slur in A is unclear. In GE (→FE→EE) it was drawn from the 1st crotchet. The comparison with analogous bars 17, 21 and 29 and the general analysis of the manner of writing slurs in A leads to the conclusion that Chopin almost certainly wanted to embrace only the chords with the slur. The point where the slur ended on the 2nd crotchet of bar 26 seems less controversial, yet even that detail was reproduced inaccurately in GE1 (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions

b. 25-30

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

Accents of A (interpreted in context)

Short accents in  GE and EE3

 Without > in bar 29 in FE (→EE1)
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The type of the accents over the four triplets in bars 25-26 and 29-30 is unclear in A. On the one hand, they are not much longer than some other, undoubtedly short, accents and therefore were read as short accents in GE (→FE→EE). On the other hand, they do not much differ from the long accents in analogous bars 17-18 & 21-22. In this situation we consider the uniform marking of all those places to be more likely.

FE (→EE1) the accent in bar 29 was omitted.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 26-27

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

The slur in A (→GE→FE)

A longer slur in EE
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In A (→GE→FE) the slur embraces only bar 27. As Chopin corrected phrasing in similar contexts in bars 18-19 and 30-31, we change the text here accordingly.  EE also has the version with the slur from g2 in bar 26.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 27

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

No teaching fingering given

Fingering added in  FES
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The fingering that Chopin wrote here in FES, on the second occurrence of the phrase, has already been given by us upon its first occurrence in bar 19.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 27

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

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We add the numeral for the triplet; it was already supplemented in FE (→EE) and GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , FE revisions