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Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

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b. 39

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

 in A1

No sign in FE (→EE) & GE

Our variant suggestion
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The  hairpin written in A1 in b. 39-40 was ignored in FE (→EE), just like the staccato dot and the arpeggio mark in b. 40. The absence of the mark in GE may mean that Chopin decided not to use that indication in [A2] (→GE). However, one could easily provide other explanations: a mistake of the engraver of GE1, Chopin's oversight or even the mark having been added in A1 later. Taking into account the above, in the main text we suggest an alternative solution.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 40-58

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

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In A1 these bars are marked in an abridged manner with empty bars, numbered from 1 to 19, which indicates that b. 1-19 should be repeated. In b. 40 Chopin additionally wrote out the L.H. part and wrote the first two notes of the R.H. part. Particular differences concerning the text in this bar are discussed in separate notes.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 40

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

Staccato dot in bar 40 in A1

No marks in FE (→EE)

Dots in bars 40-41 in GE
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Just like in b. 9-10, the staccato dots under the bass notes come from [A2] (→GE). In A1 the dot is written in b. 40, yet it was not included in FE (→EE), probably considering the bar to have been written approximately: it opens the group of bars marked in an abridged manner as repetition of b. 9-27; Chopin wrote out only the L.H. part in that bar. Since the L.H. part is written here more accurately than in b. 9, in our transcription of A1 we include the more accurate markings, i.e. the dot and the arpeggio mark on the 2nd beat of the bar.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 40

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

Arpeggio sign in A1 & GE

No sign in FE (→EE)
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The arpeggio mark, written by Chopin probably in [A2] (→GE) in b. 9, is also present in b. 40 and 84, which are a repetition thereof. In turn, in A1 the arpeggio mark is featured exclusively in the discussed bar, in which Chopin wrote the L.H. part only.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 40

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

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In the main text we add cautionary flats before d2 and e. The former was already added in FE (→EE). A1 and GE are devoid of cautionary accidentals in this bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , FE revisions