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b. 72-73

composition: Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

Short slur in AI

Longer slur from crotchet in FE (→EE)

Longer slur from semiquaver in GE

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b. 73-74

composition: Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

Longer slur in AI

Shorter slur in FE (→EE)

No slur in GE

The longer AI slur suggests that the FE slur could be inaccurate, as in several similar situations. However, the decision to leave out the rest after the 1st quaver in bar 74 in the published version could influence articulation in both discussed bars – the aforementioned 1st quaver is no longer the last one in the group, hence there is no visible reason to divide the slur after it. Due to the above, in the main text we keep the FE slur (→GE,EE) in bar 73, as an exception, and suggest adding a slur in bar 74. Further arguments supporting such a solution:

the likelihood that the slur in bar 73 was added in the last stage of the Chopinesque proofreading of FE1, the trace of which would be the absence of the slur in GE;
the authentic slur in bar 14, in which a figure including two quavers appears at the beginning of the bar, analogous to the one in bar 74.

Such a combination of the main text slurring is, on the one hand, compliant with the rhythmic detail in bar 74; on the other hand, it leaves the existing principal source slur unchanged.

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b. 73-74

composition: Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

Rests & F-f crotchet in AI

3 crotchets including F₁-F in FE1 (→GE)

3 octaves including F₁-F in FE2 (→EE)

With respect to the version of AI, in the published text the transition to the G minor chord in bar 73 was enriched by a chromatic bass sequence: F-F-G. However, the goal of the Chopinesque correction to FE2 (→EE) remains unclear – on the one hand, combining (with an added stem) the R.H. f quaver with the L.H. F crotchet prolongs the sound of f, which, however, is poorly audible in this register along with the prescribed pedalling, but on the other hand it also suggests that this f should be performed with the L.H., which could be regarded as facilitating the R.H. part.