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Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in 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. 65

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

"Vertical" slur in A1 & GE1

Conventional slur in FE & GE2

No slur in EE
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In the main text we give the concordant notation of A1 and GE, the only authentic one. The remaining versions are inaccuracies or revisions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in EE , GE revisions

b. 67-68

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

Motivic slur in A1 & GE

Tie in FE (→EE)
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Due to the transfer of the slur near the noteheads, the mark in FE (→EE) seems to be a tie of d2. In the main text we preserve the original Chopinesque notation from A1 and GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Placement of markings

b. 73-81

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

5 "vertical" slurs in A1 & GE1

Conventional slur in bar 73 in FE

No slurs in EE

5 conventional slurs in GE2
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In b. 73, 75, 77-78 and 81, in the main text we give the only authentic notation of A1 and GE1, which is, moreover, concordant, in which the slurs next to the grace notes reach the bottom note of the following quaver. The versions of FE and EE result from mistakes and inaccuracies, whereas in the case of GE2 – from revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in EE , GE revisions