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Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

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b. 20

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

An additional slur in A (→GE→FE→EE)

Without the added slur
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We remove the extra slur over the triplet - see General Editorial Principles, point 16. In analogous bar 28 that simplified notation was also used by Chopin.

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issues: Triplet slurs

b. 23

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

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We remove the additional slur over the triplet - see General Editorial Principles, point 16.

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issues: Triplet slurs

b. 30-31

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

Slurs in A (→GE)

Corrected slurs in FE (→EE)

The editors' proposition
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The first slur in bar 31 serves a double purpose in A (→GE): it is part of the triplet marking and at the same time it defines its articulation. When correcting FE (→EE), Chopin included a longer fragment of the phrase under the slur, and therefore the initial triplet slur lost its motivic and articulative meaning. In this situation we omit that slur, considering its preservation to be an inaccuracy of correction (cf. General Editorial Principles, point 16).

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issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Triplet slurs