Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A
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b. 8-9
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composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor
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In AF both the ending of the slur in b. 8 and the beginning of the slur in b. 9 are written inaccurately, as a result of which each of the given versions may be considered an interpretation of this notation. According to us, the latter is to be interpreted as beginning from the 1st quaver of the bar, which is indicated by the similar yet more accurate versions of notation of AI and AF in analogous b. 100-101 (in AF the version prior to combining the slurs). To the main text we adopt the version of FE, perhaps proofread by Chopin (the first slur having been extended). The version of AI and GE may be considered an equal variant. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Chopin's hesitations , Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 45
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composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor
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According to us, the slurs coinciding with each other is a more likely interpretation of the notation of AI and AF than the continuous slur of the editions, since in b. 45 a new phrase begins. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources |
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b. 68-69
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composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor
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In AI the ending of the slur in b. 68 (at the end of the line) suggests continuation; however, a flat slur begins in the new line from the 1st note of b. 69, in which one can see either a continuation of the preceding one or a new slur. The beginning of the slur in b. 69 in AF is also unclear – a flat line gradually emerges over the b1 minim, hence one can assume that Chopin started writing it earlier. The slurs of FE were probably corrected from a continuous slur, and, although the final notation is imprecise, the division of the slur between the bars is unquestionable. The same slurs are included in GE1, and this is the version we give in the main text. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Errors in EE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 77
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composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor
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Like in b. 45, due to the beginning of a new phrase, we assume that it is the slurs converging with each other that the notation of AF represents. However, in this place the notation of AI does not confirm such an interpretation. The missing slur in EE is probably an oversight – the slurs are absent in the entire section encompassing b. 69-92. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 81-88
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composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor
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There is no slur over b. 81-88, written in the margin of AF. It is probably Chopin's oversight, although it is also likely that the composer was afraid that a slur could have hampered the interpretation of the notation on the added staves (by hand). Anyway, there is no doubt that the added fragment was also supposed to be included in the slur encompassing b. 80 and 89, written on the main staves. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors resulting from corrections |
