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Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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Issues : Uncertain slur continuation

b. 102-105

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

No slurs in AI & GE

Slurs in AF (literal reading→FE→EE)

Slurs in Af, contextual interpretation
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The missing L.H. slurs must be considered Chopin's inadvertence, probably dating back to the stage of writing [AG] (→GE). The shorter first slur of FE (→EE) is a result of a typical inaccuracy of AF – in b. 103, opening a new page of the manuscript, there is no ending of the slur from b. 102, which suggests continuation.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 119-121

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

2 slurs in AF & EE

2 slurs in FE, literal reading

Continuous slur in GE
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The fact that the slur is not continued on a new line (b. 120) is a patent mistake of FE, revised in EE. The continuous slur of GE is also erroneous, although, while looking at the slurs of AF, one can easily imagine that if the slur of [AG] in b. 120 were even slightly longer, the engraver of GE1 could have interpreted such overlapping slurs in this manner.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 128-131

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

2 slurs in AF, contextual interpretation

Continuous slur in FE (→EE)

Slur in GE
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In AF b. 129 opens a new line, and the slur that starts at the beginning of this bar does not match the slur at the end of b. 128, which suggests continuation. The continuous slur in FE is one of possible interpretations, yet a comparison with analogous b. 37 shows that Chopin probably meant the slurs to coincide, which we give as the main text. The fact that the slur beginning in b. 129 is absent in GE is either an earlier version written in [AG] or a mistake of the engraver.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 134-135

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

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In FE (→EE) the slur over the L.H. part starts already from the 1st crotchet in b. 134. It must be a result of misinterpretation of the notation of AF, in which the slur over the three chords encompasses them with plenty of margin. Moreover, in FE this slur reaches only the 3rd crotchet in b. 134, in spite of the fact that its ending is present in b. 135 – on a new line.
This inaccuracy was repeated in EE. See the previous note concerning the 1st beat of the bar.  

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Uncertain slur continuation , Errors repeated in EE