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Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

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b. 22-24

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

2 slurs in FE, contextual interpretation

3 slurs in FE, possible interpretation

Slur in b. 24 in GE

2 slurs in b. 22-23 in EEW
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None of the sources conveys the correct version of slurring in these bars. In FE it is bars 23-24 that are ambiguous – the slur in bar 23, at the end of the page, does not point to continuation, while its shape could even suggest that it was shortened in print. This, in turn, is contrary to the slur in bar 24, which clearly suggests that the slur from the previous bar should be continued. The unquestionable slurs over analogous motifs in bars 31-32, 63-64 and 75-76 are also an argument for a continuous slur, hence this is the slur we give in the main text. In GE the missing slurs in bars 22-23 are probably an oversight, since in bar 24 (on a new page) the notation of FE was repeated, with a slur pointing to continuation from the previous bar. By contrast, in EEW it was the continuation of the slur on a new page that was omitted (overlooked? considered erroneous?).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 23

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

 in FE (→GE)

No mark in EEW
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The absence of  in EEW is most probably an oversight by the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 23

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

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In GE3 a cautionary  to b1 was added here.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 24

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

Crotchet b in FE (→EEW)

Quaver b in GE
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The traces of changes in print visible in FE reveal that the one-part writing in GE is the initial version, changed by Chopin in the stage of proofreading FE1 (→FE2→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 24

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

Slur from c in FE (→GE1,EE)

Slur from b in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the initial, one-part writing of the quaver group preserved in GE – see the adjacent note – in GE2 (→GE3) it was also the beginning of the slur that was elevated in order for it to encompass the top note of the 1st quaver, b, too.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions