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Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

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b. 8

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

g1 dotted minim in A1

g1 minim in FE (→EE)

g1 dotted minim in GE
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The missing tie of g1 in FE (→EE) is most probably an oversight, perhaps provoked by the notation of A1, in which the g1-b1 third is written with the use of one-part writing despite different rhythmic values of both notes. In the main text we give the more accurate notation of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Different values of chord components

b. 20-25

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

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In b. 20 and 25, GE included upper voice rests on the 1st beat of the bar. Formally necessary, such rests often do not provide any useful piece of information in piano music notation, hence they were not used by Chopin. Therefore, it is highly likely that their presence in GE is a result of a revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 59

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

Crotchets in A1 (→FE→EE)
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In the main text we give the rhythm of GE, which, together with the corrected slur and the beginning of the next bar, constitutes a smoothed out transition to the middle section of the Mazurka.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 62-63

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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The tie of A was added by Chopin in the last stage of proofreading of FE. In the main text we include it in a variant form, since the same place was completed differently in the proofreading of GE (or in [A2]), i.e. Chopin added there arpeggios at the beginning of b. 63. Therefore, it is likely that holding A (and pedal, see the note in b. 63) is one way to perform this fragment, while arpeggios – another one. The same applies to b. 78-79.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

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