Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 1-5

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

Long accents in A1 & GE1

Short accents in FE (→EE) & GE2

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In the main text we give 5 long accents placed between the staves, which corresponds to the unequivocal notation of A1. The notation of GE1 is generally compliant with the above, although it is difficult to say conclusively whether they are short or long accents on the basis of GE1 only; anyway, they are slightly longer than the majority of the accents in the middle section of the Mazurka. The version of the remaining editions, with short accents over the top stave, must be a result of routine revision: the engravers of FE and GE2 reproduced the marks in the same manner, yet independently. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , Placement of markings , GE revisions

b. 29

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

2 long accents in A1 

2 short accents in FE (→EE) & GE2

Different accents in GE1

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Both accents in A1 are undoubtedly long accents, which was not reproduced in FE (→EE). In GE1 it is only the mark in the L.H. that can be considered a long accent; however, according to us, a shorter accent in the R.H. is almost certainly an inaccuracy of notation, even if it was somehow justified in the notation of [A2]. GE2 unified the accents and considered the longer mark in the L.H. to be inaccurate.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 31

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

Slur in A1

Slur over lower voice in FE (→EE)

No slur in GE

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In the main text we reproduce the motivic slur of A1, which clearly begins over the dminim. The absence of the mark in GE is probably an oversight of the engraver or perhaps of Chopin himself.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

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