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Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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b. 136-137

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

Slur in bar 137 in AF

Slur in FE (→EE)

Slur to bar 137 in GE
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The slur of AF is almost certainly Chopin's mistake, which is indicated by a comparison with all analogous figures – b. 10-11, 12-13, 102-103, 104-105 and 134-135. The version of FE (→EE) is most probably a result of an inaccurate interpretation of the slur of AF, written with a flourish (like in b. 134-135).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors of A

b. 138-140

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

Continuous slur in AI & AF (→FE→EE)

Separate slurs in GE
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In both preserved autographs the slur is led to the end of b. 140. The version of GE, in which each of b. 139-140 is provided with a separate slur, most probably corresponds to the notation of [AG], and we give it in the main text as probably being the latest.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 139-140

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

No slurs in AI & AF (→FE→EE)

Slurs in GE
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The slurs over the L.H. pairs of crotchets specify the notation and were most probably introduced in [AG] (→GE). AI is devoid of L.H. slurs/phrase marks until b. 188.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 141-143

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

No slur in AI 

Slur from b in AF

Slur from c1 in FE (→EE) & GE
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It is unclear whether Chopin wanted the slur to begin from the c1 quaver or the b crotchet. The fact that the slur in FE (→EE) starts earlier than in AF is most probably an inaccuracy, which suggests that the slur of GE, of the same range, can also be inaccurate. However, the shape of the slur of GE1 shows that its initial fragment was being corrected in print, perhaps at Chopin's request, hence this is the version we give in the main text.
AI is devoid of slurs in these and next bars (until b. 152), which together fill the last line of the 2nd page of AI. Therefore, it is Chopin's inadvertence – on the next page the R.H. slurring is continued in this autograph.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 143-144

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

No slur in AI & GE

Slur in AF (literal reading→FE→EE)

Slur in AF, contextual interpretation
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The slur in AF ends between the semiquaver and the crotchet. The ending of the slur is poorly visible against the middle line of the stave; it is likely that Chopin ran out of ink and could not drag the slur to the crotchet that ends the motif. Due to the above reason, in the main text we suggest a musically more natural interpretation of this notation (cf. b. 147). We consider the absence of the slur in GE to be Chopin's inadvertence or the engraver's mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A