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Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 63-64

composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

Slur in A1 & GE

2 slurs in FE (→EE)
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Two slurs in FE (→EE) may be explained by an unfinished (or simplified) correction, in which the top slur was added – perhaps by Chopin – as an amendment of the bottom one, moved by the engraver to the side of the noteheads (cf. b. 79-80, in which the same slur written above the stave in A1 was reproduced under the notes). In the main text we give the unequivocal notation of A1 and GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Placement of markings , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions

b. 65-66

composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

c1 repeated in A1 & GE

c1 tied in FE (→EE)
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The tie of c1 is probably a slur of A1, distorted due to a routine shift to the side of noteheads. It is indicated by b. 77-78, in which the slur of A1, written in the same manner, was reproduced in FE as a tie of c1. The right slur, yet also inaccurately reproduced, was probably added in the proofreading of FE (→EE), perhaps by Chopin. We consider the misleading tie of c1 having been left in the text to be an inaccuracy committed in the implementation of the proofreading. In the main text we give the unambiguous notation of A1 and GE. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Placement of markings , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 74-76

composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

No markings in A1 & EE

Pedalling in FE & GE
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In b. 74 and 76, in the main text we include the pedalling added by Chopin in the last stage of proofreading of FE and in [A2] or in the proofreading of GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 78-79

composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

A repeated in A1 & GE

A  tied in FE (→EE)

Our variant suggestion
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Just like in b. 62-63, we include the tie of A, added by Chopin in the last stage of proofreading of FE, in the main text in a variant form.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 79

composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

No markings in A1, EE & GE

Pedalling in FE

Our alternative suggestion
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In the main text we include the pedalling added by Chopin in the last stage of proofreading of FE in a variant form.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE