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Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 92

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

No mark in AI & GE

 in AF, literal reading

Long accent in AF (contextual interpretation→FE)

Short accent in EE
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In AF the long accent under the culminant g2 minim reaches as far as the beginning of the next bar; therefore, taking into account the preceding  and the following , one may also interpret it as a diminuendo mark. However, a comparison with the unequivocal long accents in b. 94, 98 suggests that the mark should rather be interpreted as an accent.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , EE inaccuracies

b. 99

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

No marking in AI & GE

continued in AF

in FE

Accent in EE
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The mark in this bar is a continuation of the  hairpin (long accent) from the preceding bar, which falls at the end of the page in FE (→EE). EE feature here a short accent, like in the preceding bar. In the main text we give the version of GE, which do not contain any mark in this bar (after the long accent in b. 98). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE inaccuracies

b. 124-125

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

Continuous slur in Af

2 slurs in GE, literal reading

Contextual interpretation of GE, our alternative suggestion
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In the main text we give the continuous slur of AF, reproduced in FE and EE with minor inaccuracies related to the transition to a new line, starting from b. 125 – in EE the slur in b. 124 was led to the g crotchet only, whereas in FE the continuation of the slur on a new line is placed under the stave. The separated slurs of GE may be authentic – it seems that Chopin was gradually completing the slurring of the L.H. part while writing [AG], and it is AF that presents the final result of this process (in GE2 the slur ending in b. 124 was reproduced inaccurately, as a result of which it seems that its ending falls on a). The slur that begins in b. 125, perhaps added at the stage of proofreading of GE1, was placed under the stave – probably to avoid layout complications in b. 128. Therefore, as an alternative solution we suggest a slur of the same range, yet led over the tenor voice, to which it refers.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 127-129

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

Slur in AF (→FE)

Slur in EE

3 slurs in GE

2 slurs in GE, contextual interpretation

2 slurs suggested by the editors
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The notation of the tenor voice slurs eventually found its shape in AF. Probably due to layout complications in b. 128, the slurring of the remaining sources is incomplete or inaccurate:

  • in FE the slur of AF was placed under the stave, probably to facilitate the drawing of the curve (we reproduce this notation in the graphic transcription – the version 'transcription');
  • in b. 127 EE continue the slur over the tenor voice, yet in b. 128 it is also the alto voice that is encompassed with it;
  • in GE, there are two slurs in the tenor voice – the continuation of the slur from the previous bars, led under the stave, and the original d-G slur in b. 128-129. It is probably a result of a later added phrase mark, perhaps only just at the stage of proofreading of GE1. The original slur, encompassing the last two notes c1-b in b. 128-129, is also preserved in the alto voice.

In the main text we give the slur of AF, completed with a slur for the alto voice, written in this autograph in analogous b. 35-37.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 163-164

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

No dashes in AI & EE

Dashes in AF (→FE) & GE
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The missing dashes marking the range of the cresc. from b. 161 are probably an inaccuracy of EE. In AI, until b. 187, there are no performance indications except for the R.H. slurs and 5 accents in b. 173-177.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies