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Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

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b. 17

composition: Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

No indication in sources

[] suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest adding . The regular alternation between  and  in the first 16 bars unambiguously suggests  dynamics in this bar. Therefore, Chopin could have considered it obvious, taking into account the fact that he added a 7-bar crescendo. In analogous bar 49 the dynamic level was not explicitly marked either; however, in this case it is  from bar 33 that is still valid, in FC repeated also in bar 41. 

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b. 19-27

composition: Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

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In the main text, we add a cautionary  before d1 in bars 19 and 27.

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b. 20

composition: Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

after 3rd beat in FC (→GE)

No sign in FE

before 3rd beat in EE

[] before 3rd beat suggested by the editors
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We consider the missing  mark in FE to be an inaccuracy, perhaps by Chopin, since the same version is to be seen in bar 52. In the main text we suggest a  before the 3rd crotchet, after the markings of FE in bars 17-18; this is how the notation of FE was supplemented in EE. The mark in FC is most probably written too late, although in this case the harmonic sequence does not rule out such pedalling.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , No pedal release mark , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 22-30

composition: Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

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In the main text, we add cautionary naturals before b1 in bars 22 and 30. The reviser of GE1 also added them in FC; they were subsequently introduced in this edition.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 22-24

composition: Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

No markings in sources

Pedalling suggested by the editors
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The missing pedal markings in bars 22 and 24 seem to be Chopin's inadvertence if we take into account the presence of markings at the beginning of this eight-bar phrase (bars 17-18 and 20) and the similar texture in all these bars. Perhaps Chopin considered the earlier markings to be a model for the entire section; however, in this situation, the fact that he later returned to marking pedalling in bars 30 and 32 could suggest the use of different pedal markings in almost identical phrases in bars 17-24 and 25-32, which does not seem intentional. Due to the above, in the discussed bars we suggest in the main text markings drawn specifically from bars 30 and 32.

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