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Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 72

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

Slur in A1 & GE

No slur in FE (→EE)
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The missing slur must be a mistake of the engraver of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

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

b. 76-77

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

Slur in A1 & GE

No slur in FE (→EE)
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The missing slur must be a mistake of the engraver of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 84-103

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

2 slurs in A1 & GE

Continuous slur in FE

Slur in bar 103 in EE
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The version of EE, featuring a slur in b. 103 only, most probably corresponds to the notation of the proof copy of FE, in which the engraver overlooked the slurs over the non-written-out fragment in A1 (b. 84-102). In turn, the continuous slur over all that section present in the finished FE results from proofreading, most probably Chopinesque. In the main text we give two slurs: in b. 84-87 and 87-103, featured both in A1 (interpreted correctly) and GE, since the version of FE, although the latest, was not a change of the thought-out phrasing of A1 and [A2], but an ad hoc correction of a serious mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE