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b. 58-59

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

2 slurs in A1, literal reading

2 slurs in A1, contextual interpretation

2 slurs in FE (→EE)

Continuous slur in GE

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Just like in the previous, analogous situations – b. 6-7 and 30-31 – in the main text we give the continuous slur of GE, almost certainly reproducing the notation of [A2]. The variants of the version with separated slurs stem from the imprecise notation of A1, in which the slur ending in b. 62 (which is a repetition of b. 6) may be interpreted as reaching the minim, the end of the bar or the beginning of b. 63.  

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

b. 58-59

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

Slur to end of bar in A1

Slur to minim in FE (→EE)

Slur to bar 59 in GE

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In A1 b. 57 is the last one written out by Chopin before b. 58-72, marked in an abridged manner. The slur started in that bar breaks slightly after the middle of empty b. 58, which does not dissipate the doubts of the notation of b. 1-2. Therefore, there are three variants of the ending of the slur: the literal one and two possible interpretations, confirmed by the sources. To the main text we adopt the one present in the principal source, i.e. GE1. In GE2, except for the ending of the slur in b. 55, there is no R.H. slur in the entire line encompassing b. 55-60.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors in GE

b. 59-61

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

Slur in A1

2 slurs, our alternative suggestion

2 slurs in FE

Slur in GE1, literal reading

Slur in #E1, contextual interpretation

Slur in EE

No slurs in GE2

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The slurring of A1 in b. 3-5, of which the discussed bars are a repetition, is incomplete and inaccurate. In the proof copy of FE1 (→EE) it was reproduced in a distorted form, which was proofread by Chopin in the finished FE (there are grounds to consider the ending of the slur added during that proofreading to be inaccurate). The beginning of the slur in GE1 is also almost certainly inaccurate. In the main text we give the latter including a correction resulting from the analysis of all source versions of the notation. The missing slur in GE2 must be a mistake of the engraver: see the previous note on slurs.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 60

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

Arpeggio sign at first chord in A1

No arpeggio signs in FE (→EE)

Both arpeggio signs in GE

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The arpeggios before both chords come from GE, in which they were most probably repeated after [A2]. The absence of the former in FE (→EE) is an oversight of the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 60

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

No markings in A1 (→FEEE)

Pedalling in GE

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The fact of adding the pedalling was an improvement added by Chopin probably to [A2] (→GE): in that manuscript this bar was probably marked in an abridged manner as repetition of b. 4

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE