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Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

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b. 60

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

No mark in A1 (→FE→EE) & GE2

Staccato dot in GE1
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Just like in b. 4 and 28, in the main text we give the staccato dot with which Chopin provided the 1st chord of the bar in [A2] (→GE1). The fact that the mark is missing in GE2 must be an oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 67-69

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

 in A1 (literal reading) & EE

 in A1, contextual interpretation

  in FE

  in GE
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In A1, just like in b. 11-13, of which the discussed bars are a repetition, there is no  mark, whereas the range of the  hairpin is unclear. In FE (→EE) it was reproduced on the basis of the range of the top arm; however, according to us, it is the bottom arm that should be considered reliable, which results in a range equivalent to the version of GE. The absence of the  mark in EE means that it was added by Chopin in the last phase of proofreading of FE. In the main text we give the version of GE, in which both marks most probably reflect the notation of [A2].

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 73-75

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

5 long accents in A1, probable interpretation

3 long, 2 short accents in A1, literal reading

2 long, 3 short accents suggested by the editors

5 short accents in FE (→EE) & GE
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We give three possible interpretations of the accents of A1 in these bars, including also the notation of analogous b. 81-83 in A1 and GE1, based on [A2]. The short accents of the editions most probably result from the engravers' routine interpretation of the markings. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 76

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

 in A1, literal reading

Long accent in A1, contextual interpretation

Short accent in FE (→EE) & GE
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The mark in A1 is clearly longer than the accents in the previous 3 bars as well as than the marks in b. 81-83. In spite of that, according to us, it is to be interpreted as a long accent, which is indicated by its unequivocal graphic relationship with the b minim. Marks of similar length are featured in A1 as long accents, e.g. in b. 6 or 26. The short accent in the editions is most probably an inaccuracy (and certainly in FE). 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 77

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

Staccato dot in A1

No mark in FE (→EE) & GE
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In the main text we give the staccato dot, present in A1 only, since it is correlated with the slurring in terms of sources (see the note to b. 74-75). In analogous b. 85 both A1 and GE include a dot.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE