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

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

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. 28-29

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

Shorter slur in FE (literal reading→GE)

Longer slur in FE (contextual interpretation→EEW)
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The slur not having been continued in FE after the transition to a new line is almost certainly an oversight – cf. an analogous situation in bars 20-21. This is how it was interpreted in EEW, in which the slur was led to g2 in bar 29. By contrast, GE approached the version of FE literally and clearly ended the slur on the last note in bar 28.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 38-39

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

a-g slur in FE, possible reading

a-g-f slur in GE

a-a-g-f slur in EEW

a-a-g slur, our alternative suggestion
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There are several possible interpretations of the inaccurately drawn slur of FE, encompassing the first two L.H. top voice crotchets. Two of them can be seen in GE and EEW; we give a third one as an alternative suggestion. We assume that the most likely interpretation of this slur is the version adopted by GE, that is with a slur encompassing entire bar 39. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 44

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

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In FE1 (→GE1), in the version with 4 flats in the key signature, there is no  lowering G to G. It is probably an oversight by the engraver of FE1 or by Chopin himself in [A]. The flat was added in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Errors repeated in GE

b. 62

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

No  in FE

 on the 3rd beat of the bar in GE2 (→GE3)

 before 3rd beat of the bar in EEW

Our variant suggestion
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In GE and EEW the absence of  in FE was considered a mistake, and two pedal release moments were suggested – after the 2nd beat in EEW and on the 3rd beat in GE. In the main text we suggest an even longer pedal; however, we leave the final decision concerning the pedalling in this fragment to the performer.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , No pedal release mark