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Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

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Issues : Errors in FE

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. 29

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

b-e1-g1 in A1 (→FE) & GE

b-c1-e1 in EE
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The version of EE is a double Terzverschreibung, committed in FE, in which Chopin corrected it in the last stage of proofreading (it is proven by evident traces of correction in print).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 32-34

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

3 slurs in A1

Slur in bar 34 in FE (→EE)

Slurs in bars 32-33 in GE
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Out of the three slurs of A1, FE (→EE) overlooked two. It allows us to assume that the absence of the slur in b. 34 is also a result of an oversight, most probably of the engraver of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

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

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 overlooked in FE (→EE). In turn, the absence of the mark in GE may mean that Chopin decided not to use that indication in [A2] (→GE). However, other explanations are also likely, hence in the main text we suggest an alternative solution. Due to the fact that the notation of the R.H. part in b. 40 in A1 is incomplete, the range of the mark is ambiguous, and the range we suggest is one of the possible interpretations.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in A