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Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 7

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

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before f1. The accidental was also added in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 9

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

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before f1. The accidental was also added in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 29-32

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

No slurs in AI

Continuous slur in AF

2 slurs in FE, literal reading

2 slurs in FE, contextual interpretation

Slur in EE

2 slurs in GE1, literal reading

2 slurs in GE1, contextual interpretation

2 slurs in GE2
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The majority of the source versions are a result of inaccuracies and mistakes. Out of the written-down versions of the slurring, hence except for AI, it is only two slurs that seem to be authentic:

  • the continuous slur of AF, which we give in the main text as written by Chopin's hand and confirmed by the same slur of AF (→FE→EE) in analogous b. 121-124;
  • contextual interpretation of two slurs of GE1 consisting in dragging the slur to the g crotchet in b. 32 after the ending of the slur of GE1 in b. 124.

The issue concerning the differences in slurring in the next bars – see b. 33-37.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE , FE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 33

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

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In the main text we add cautionary naturals before b and a. The accidentals were also added in EE; the latter is also present in AI.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 34

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

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In AI and AF (→FE) there is no  restoring f at the end of the bar. The mistake was corrected in EE; the correct text is also featured in GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A