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Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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b. 181

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

Convergent slurs in AI

Continuous slur in AF (→FE→EE)

Separate slurs in GE
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In AI a new slur starts from the c1 minim, although ink did not flow from the pen immediately. Therefore, both the continuous slur of AF (→FE→EE) and the separate slurs of GE may be considered derivatives of this notation. In the main text we adopt the slur of the principal source, GE.

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issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 182-183

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

c tied in AI & AF (→FE→EE)

c repeated in GE
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In the main text we give the version of GE, which most probably corresponds to the notation of [AG]. A repeated c note is more realistic if it is actually supposed to be heard in the entire four-bar section. Without access to [AG], an overlooked tie cannot be ruled out.

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b. 183-184

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

No slur in sources

Slur suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest adding a slur after the previous phrase.

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b. 185

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

No marking in AI & AF (→FE→EE)

 above > in GE1

 below > in GE2
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 and the accent are subsequent indications belonging to the group of the indications added by Chopin in [AG] in the final fragment of the Mazurka – cf., e.g. b. 173-176, 177, 180-188. We present them as laid out in GE1, which was based directly on [AG].

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issues: GE revisions

b. 185

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

No mark in AI & GE

Staccato dot in AF (→FE→EE)
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We do not include the staccato dot in the main text, featured in AF (→FE→EE), since the principal source (GE) contains two other indications instead, i.e.  and an accent – see the adjacent note. However, it does not have to mean that Chopin in fact considered these indications separately, since we cannot rule out an oversight in [AG] or GE. Due to this reason, according to us, the dot can be regarded as complementing the indications of GE.

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