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Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

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GE1
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A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE3 - Revised impression of EE1
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  b. 23-24

When read literally, the slurs in the parts of both hands reach in A the beginning of bar 24. This could not have been Chopin's intention though; the composer drew a number of slurs in A with a visible impetus, not taking into account the possibility of their being misread.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

notation: Slurs

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