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Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

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Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 49-50

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

Interpretation of the slurs of A

Possible reading of the slurs of A

The slur of GE1 (→FE→EE)

The slurs of GE2 (→GE3)
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 54-56

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

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In A, the end of the slur was drawn inaccurately  – . Leading the slur to the grace note is inadmissible in this context. If one were to take into account the extent of the L.H. slur, one could conclude that the R.H. slur does not go beyond bar 55 either. Still, it seems more probable that what Chopin had in mind was a slur similar to that from bars 6-8. This is how his intention was understood in GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 55

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

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In A the left hand slur reaches above the rest in the following bar. It is just one example of  the flourish with which Chopin wrote many slurs in this Mazurka. 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A