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

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b. 34-38

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

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In GE the notation of the rhythm in bars 34 and 38 was clarified by adding rests under the e-a minims. A failed attempt at the clarification of voice leading was also undertaken in EEW – these minims were written in two-part writing, which, at best, obscured the picture, since the top voice includes 3 crotchets, while the alleged bottom one – four. In the main text we keep the original version of FE. 

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issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 42

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

No rest in FE (→EEW)

Rest in GE
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The rest added in GE ensures the formal correctness of the rhythmic notation on the top stave, on which the sources, in addition to the R.H. part, also wrote down the L.H. crotchets on the 2nd and 3rd beats of the bar. Chopin, however, generally avoided writing rests that are not necessary for an unequivocal reading of the text.

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issues: GE revisions

b. 49

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

L.H. chords in FE (→GE)

a in L.H. in EEW
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In EEW the bottom notes of the L.H. chords (a) were separated from the remaining ones, written down on the top stave, which thus seem to belong to the R.H. part. Perhaps it contributed to the omission of the  to g1 at the beginning of the bar – looking only at the alleged R.H. part on the top stave, one could assume that g1 would be more natural for the harmonic course.

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issues: EE revisions

b. 66

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

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In GE a crotchet rest was added, filling the 1st beat of the bar in the bottom R.H. voice. Filling the entire bar with rhythmic values of all the written-down voices, advisable in preparing ensemble music scores, is not a priority in the case of piano music performed by one person, hence Chopin would very often omit such filling rests. Due to the above, in the main text we keep the original version of FE (→EEW).

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issues: GE revisions

b. 67-70

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

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The sustention of the g1 crotchet in bar 67 and of the c1 crotchet in bar 69 to the next bar was marked in the sources with extension dots placed at the beginning of bars 68 and 70, respectively. We reproduce this version, which was already obsolescent back then, only in the graphic transcription (the version 'transcript'). In EE it was replaced by a version with ties, which we also introduce in the main text.

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issues: EE revisions