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b. 3

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before b1.

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b. 3-4

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

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In A1 the last three chords of the introduction are written with the use of one-part notation.

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b. 3-4

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

c1 repeated in A1

c1 tied in CJ, CK (→CB) & EL
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The missing tie of c1 is probably Chopin's oversight in A1, hence we consider it acceptable to add it in the text of A1.

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issues: Errors of A

b. 3-19

composition: Op. 28 No. 2, Prelude in A minor

One-voice notation in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)

Two-voice notation in CGS
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Just like in b. 1-3, later in the Prelude, CGS consistently stuck to a different division into parts, indicating the R.H. to perform the topmost notes on the bottom stave. The only exception are b. 6-7, in which the smaller span of figuration makes it possible to be performed entirely by the L.H. 

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b. 3-10

composition: Op. 28 No. 2, Prelude in A minor

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In As the notation of the L.H. part is incomplete from this moment on – in b. 4-7 and 8-10 the notation is totally or partially lacking:

  • At the beginning of b. 4 and 9, a single note of indefinite pitch is written (resembling a crotchet). It is most probably a B in b. 4 and an f [f] in b. 9, which probably indicates a certain form of continuation of the figuration defined in previous bars, perhaps similar to the one featured in those bars in the final version.
  • The empty 2nd half of b. 8 is almost certainly to be filled with a repetition of the 1st half, which results from the analogy to b. 3. Chopin did not write a repeat sign, since at this point of the Prelude a sequential repetition of the 1st phrase leaves no doubt as to the accompaniment.

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