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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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b. 12

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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Whether the slur encompasses only the two quavers, or should be continued in bar 1 is not clear in A. In GE (→FE→EE) the slur was interpreted as a shorter one. AI has no slurs in this bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 12-14

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

Slur in AI

Slur in A

Slurs in GE

Slurs in FE (→EE)

Our alternative suggestion
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Slurs over bars 13-14 have different versions in the sources, and each of them can be authentic. begins and ends one crotchet earlier in AI (shorter ending may result from Chopin's inaccurate notation). In GE1 (→FE→EE) the slur is preceded with an additional short slur c2-d2 in bars 12-13. Moreover, in EE the beginning of the longer slur is shifted to the note e flat2 in bar 13. In our main text we rely on A.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 13-20

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

L.H. rhythm and slur in AI

A, slurs interpreted

Without slur in bar 12 in GE1

Inaccurate slur in bar 15 in FE (→EE)

Arbitrary supplements in GE2

Our suggestion
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In A (→GE→FE→EE) Chopin modified the articulation of the L.H. part in relation to AI by separating shorter motifs by means of slurs, quavers and rests. Inaccurate notation of slurs appears both in A (in bars 15, 17 & 19-20) and in the editions—in GE1 (→FE→EE) in bar 13, and in FE (→EE) also in bar 15. Moreover, GE2 introduced arbitrary supplements to the slurring in bars 12-14, 15-16 & 17-18. We propose the slurs of A, interpreted and supplemented according to the divisions indicated by the rhythmic values.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 15-17

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

Possible reading of the slur in AI

Another reading of AI
The slur in A (→GE→FE→EE)
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The ending of the slur embracing bars 15-16 is nuclear in AI—it reaches beyond the bar line but its shape does not suggest including b1. In the main text we give the slur clearly drawn in A (→GE-FE→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 17-20

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

Possible reading of AI slurs

Another reading of AI

Slurs in A

Slurs in GE (→FE→EE)
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AI and A present here two distinctly different concepts of slurring. Slurs in AI show short, hemiola-like motifs; the beginning of the slur in bar 17 admits two interpretations. In A (→GE→FE→EE) Chopin continues two-bar slurs embracing a repeated rhythmic pattern. In bar 20 GE (→FE→EE) mistakenly brings the slur only to the 2nd quaver.

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

issues: Inaccuracies in GE