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Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 55

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

in A1

in FE1

No sign in GE & FE2

in EE

Our variant suggestion
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In the main text we include the  hairpin written in A1 in a variant form. The mark seems to harmonise with the dynamic indications of GE; however, it cannot be ruled out that Chopin did not see the need to place that mark here. See also b. 56. The hairpin was not reproduced correctly in any of the three editions stemming from A1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 60

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

Arpeggio sign at first chord in A1

No arpeggio signs in FE (→EE)

Both arpeggio signs in GE
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The arpeggios before both chords come from GE, in which they were most probably repeated after [A2]. The absence of the former in FE (→EE) is an oversight of the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 76

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

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At the beginning of the bar FE1 features an e1 (with a ) in the top voice. The patent mistake was corrected both in FE2 and EE. A pencilled correction is present also in FED. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , FE revisions

b. 76-77

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

Tie to b in A1

Slur d1-b in FE (→EE)

No tie in GE

Our variant suggestion
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It is difficult to say whether the absence of the tie of b in GE means that Chopin abandoned the idea of holding that note or whether it is a result of an oversight of the engraver or of Chopin himself. Due to the above reason we suggest a variant solution with the tie in brackets.
In FE (→EE) the tie was misinterpreted as a slur combining the d1 crotchet in b. 76 with the bottom note of the chord at the beginning of b. 77. As all other ties, written in A1 in the same manner, typical of Chopin, were reproduced in FE correctly, the mistake could have been provoked by the fact that b. 76 was written in A1 on a stave above (due to deletions). 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE , Errors resulting from corrections

b. 77

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

Staccato dot in A1

No mark in FE (→EE) & GE
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In the main text we give the staccato dot, present in A1 only, since it is correlated with the slurring in terms of sources (see the note to b. 74-75). In analogous b. 85 both A1 and GE include a dot.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE