Slurs
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b. 58-59
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composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major
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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 |
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b. 59-61
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composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major
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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 |
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b. 64-65
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composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major
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The main text – the slur to the 1st quaver in b. 65 – is the version of GE (based on [A2]) and FE2, most probably proofread by Chopin. The remaining variants result from various possibilities of interpretation of the inaccurate ending of the slur of A1 in b. 8-9: the discussed bars are their non-written-out repetition in that manuscript. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 65-66
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composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major
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The missing slur in these bars is a patent mistake of the engraver of GE, who forgot the last slur on the page. On the next page, in b. 67 the beginning of the slur in GE1 indicates continuation, yet GE2 – instead of adding the overlooked slur – moved that beginning of the slur so that it would not suggest continuation. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in GE |
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b. 67
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composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major
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Just like in the previous, analogous places, in the main text we give the slur of GE1, based on [A2]. In GE2 this bar opens a new page and the beginning of the slur was moved over the 1st quaver so that it would not continue the previous one (simplified, erroneous revision – see b. 65-66). category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions |
