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Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 25-28

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

2 slurs in FC, literal reading

Continuous slur in FE (contextual interpretation→EE)

2 slurs in GE
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The slurring of the first phrase in this section is inaccurate or erroneous both in FC and FE. It concerns particularly FC, in which, when interpreted literally, the slurs are unclear and almost certainly incomplete. The slurring of FE can be easily guessed, as a result of which a corrected version of this slurring is already present in EE; in this situation, it is the version we give in the main text.
The slur added in pencil to FC in bars 27-28 comes from the reviser of GE, who considered the absence of a slur in these bars (and actually rightly so) to be a patent mistake (in FC these bars end the page, which is often conducive to oversights).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 31-39

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

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In FC there are cautionary accidentals written in crayon to the last quaver in bars 31, 35 and 39 (a  to c2 and a  to d2). They come from the reviser of GE1, hence they were included in that edition. EE also include a natural in bar 31; in the main text we give all 3 accidentals.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 36

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

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In FC and FE the flats lowering c(1) to c(1) are missing. Chopin's patent mistake was corrected in GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of FC

b. 50-55

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

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In this entire phrase, kept in the key of F minor, Chopin overlooked 5 naturals raising g notes (in various octaves) to g:

  • g1 in bars 50 and 53,
  • g in bars 51 and 54,
  • g2 in bar 55.

In EE accidentals were added in bars 53 and 55, while in GE all except in bar 53.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of FC , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 59

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

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In FE, in the top voice the double dotted crotchet is followed by a quaver. A comparison with analogous bar 63, and above all the FC (→GE) version, prove that the value of the last note is erroneous, since it is to be a semiquaver. An adequate correction was introduced in EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Rhythmic errors