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Issues : Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 103-104

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

Pedalling in AF (→FE→EE)

Pedalling in GE
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The shorter pedal of AF is the original version, left here most probably by inadvertence (b. 103 opens the page) – in analogous b. 11-12 Chopin changed this pedalling in AF to the one featured here in GE.
In FE (→EE) the  mark was placed slightly earlier, which is irrelevant in this case.

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

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 108-116

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

Thirds in the sources

Permissible variant with sixths
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Assuming a possible authenticity of the variants of EE in analogous bars 44, 52, 76 and 84, we should admit its use also in bars 108 and 116.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 112

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

e1 in FE

Third in GE & EE
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There is no c1 on the 2nd crotchet in FE0 (→FE), probably due to a misinterpretation of the autograph. Chopin added this note in FEG (→GE) and in the base text to EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 122-123

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

Slur in AF (→FE→EE)

No slur in GE
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The missing b1-c2 slur in GE is probably Chopin's inadvertence at the time of performing the last retouches of [AG]. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 123-124

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

d2 repeated in AF (→FE→EE)

d2 tied in GE
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In the main text we give the undoubtedly authentic version of AF (→FE→EE). In turn, the authenticity of the version of GE, although likely, is uncertain – it may result from a routine revision consisting in moving the slur to the side of the noteheads (in GE the stems point downwards). There are numerous examples of such changes in Chopin's pieces, cf., e.g. the Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 24 No. 1, b. 3 or the Nocturne in D Major, Op. 27 No. 2, b. 76-77. Therefore, it is possible that the notation of [AG] was no different from AF.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Placement of markings , Omitted correction of an analogous place