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Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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b. 145-147

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

No slurs in AI

2 slurs in AF & GE

2 slurs in FE

Slur in bar 147 in EE
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The longer slur of FE may result from Chopin's proofreading, which is indicated by its absence in EE. Even if this was the case, according to us, it does not have to mean that Chopin wanted to change the concordant slurring of AF and GE, since the composer could have encompassed with a slur the entire phrase without noticing the slur in b. 147, which was moved under the stave in FE (it also cannot be ruled out that the engraver of FE misinterpreted this detail in the Chopinesque proof entry).
The missing slurs in AI are most probably an oversight – see b. 141-143.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 148-152

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

No slurs in AI

5 slurs in AF (→FE) & GE

3 slurs in b. 148 & 151-152 in EE
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AI is devoid of slurs in these bars, which is most probably Chopin's inadvertence – see b. 141-143. The missing slurs in b. 149-150 in EE is a mistake of the engraver of FE (corrected in the finished FE) or EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 157-160

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

No L.H. slurs in AI & AF (→FE→EE)

Slurs in GE
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The L.H. slurs are almost certainly an improvement introduced in [AG] (→GE). A similar situation can be found in b. 165-168.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 159

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

Slurs in AI, possible interpretation of AF

Slurs in Af (literal reading→FE→EE) & GE

Slurs suggested by the editors
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In AF both the ending of the slur from the previous bars and the beginning of the new one are written inaccurately, hence it is unclear which notes they are supposed to concern. The ending of the former is similarly inaccurate in GE, which suggests that it was also [AG] that was not precise in this respect. We reproduce the text of both sources the way it was performed in FE (→EE), which seems to be closest to this notation. However, we are convinced that Chopin meant the slur to be divided after the 1st beat of the bar, as in AI or the way both AF and GE have it in analogous b. 167.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 165-168

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

No L.H. slurs in AI & AF (→FE→EE)

Slurs in GE
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Just like in b. 157-160, two L.H. slurs are almost certainly an improvement introduced into [AG] (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations