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Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

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Issues : Accompaniment changes

b. 22-24

composition: Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

As, earlier version, contextual interpretation

As, later version, contextual interpretation

FE (→GE,EE)
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Chopin at least twice changed the harmonic sequence in bars 22-23. The provided interpretations of two versions of the 3rd crotchet in bar 22 and of the top note of the 1st crotchet in bar 23 are to some extent uncertain due to not having access to the original. In the earlier one, there are no naturals to the d notes, yet the intention of using them is unquestionable – As contains more deficiencies of this nature, e.g. in bars 23-24, in which there is not a single  to the d(1) notes. The chord used in the earlier version was applied by Chopin in the repetition of this phrase in bar 30. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 23

composition: Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

Crotchet & 2 quavers in As & FE1 (→GE)

Crotchet & 2 quavers in As & FE1 (→GE)

Dotted crotchet & quaver in FE2 (→EEW)

Dotted crotchet & quaver in FE2 (→EEW)
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Chopin performed changes to the R.H. bottom voice while proofreading FE2 (→EEW), giving it an analogous form to bar 31.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 25

composition: Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

Chord with B in As

No B in FE (→GE,EE)
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In the final version, Chopin omitted a B note occuring in As in the last chord.
Initially, As had an E crotchet on the 2nd beat, which Chopin eventually deleted.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 25-26

composition: Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

No d1 in bar 26 in As

Tied d1 in FE (→GE,EE)
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Sustaining d1 between bars 25-26 is a subtle diversification of the harmonic progression introduced at the stage of preparing the Mazurka for publication.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 29

composition: Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

f1-g1 in As

e1-f1 in FE (→GE,EE)
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As in bar 21, in As the melodic voice is moved one second higher compared to the final version. The remaining voices are not written out, which hints – also as in bar 21 – at repeating the version of bar 17.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Main-line changes