mUltimate Chopin

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

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 39

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

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In GE1, in the version with 4 flats in the key signature, there is no  lowering G to G. It is most probably an oversight by the engraver of this edition, although it cannot be ruled out that the accidental in FE1 was added only just in the last stage of proofreading. The flat was added in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 49

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

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In GE1 (→GE2) the  restoring d2 at the end of the bar was overlooked. The mistake was corrected in GE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 57

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

g-c1-e in FE (→EEW)

No c1 in GE
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The missing c1 notes in GE is probably an oversight by the engraver of FE, repeated after the proof copy of FE1, in the finished FE1 corrected by Chopin in the last stage of proofreading. Such a mistake is much more likely when reading a Chopinesque autograph than a printed version – cf., e.g. the Etude in G, Op. 10 No. 5, bar 15, the Etude in E, Op. 10 No. 11, bar 43 or the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, II mov., bar 41.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE , Uncertain notes on ledger lines

b. 63

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

Chord g-c1-e1 in FE (→EEW) & GE3)

Octave g-g1 in GE1 (→GE2)
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The version of GE1 (→GE2) with a pianistically awkward and sonically unjustified cluster of g1 notes played by both hands must be erroneous. However, it is difficult to say how such a serious mistake could have happened when reproducing printed text. The mUltimate Chopin editors believe the following scenario to be most likely: in the proof copy of FE1 serving as the basis for GE this crotchet consisted of two notes, g-e1, which was changed in the finished FE1, as a result of which it became a three-note chord, and in GE1 it was reproduced with a Terzverschreibung as an octave. The mistake was noticed and corrected in GE3, almost certainly on the basis of a comparison with FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions

b. 75-76

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

Slur in FE

No slur in GE
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The absence of the slur in GE, unless it was overlooked by the engraver, indicates that this element was added in the last stage of proofreading FE1. See also the next note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE