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b. 3

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

b1-c2 & g1-c2 in AsI, basic version

b1-e2 & g1-e2 in AsI, later version

2 times b1-e2 in A
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The version of the 2nd half of the bar added in AsI seems to be the first version of the final text, hence we regard it as a variant of the latter. However, as upon the return of this bar (bar 19) AsI has only one version, identical to the final one, all three versions can be actually treated interchangeably.

The AsI notation is inaccurate in terms of accidentals – in the principal version the  raising e2 to e2 is written only just in the 4th R.H. figure, while in the added version there is no natural at all. On the other hand, in the L.H. part, Chopin unnecessarily repeated a  to e1 in the 4th passage.

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

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Cautionary accidentals , Accompaniment changes

b. 3

composition: Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

No sign in AI

in FE (→GE,EE)
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: No pedal release mark

b. 3-13

composition: Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

Staccato marks in AI

No marks in FE (→GE,EE)
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Wedges

b. 3

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

Rest in As, contextual interpretation

b-e1 in FE (→GE,EE)
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In As the third beat in the L.H. part is not recorded. Since chord repetitions are marked in As by vertical lines symbolizing the stems of repeated chords, we assume that Chopin intended a rest here. It is possible, however, that he considered the repetition of the previous crotchet so obvious that he even omitted the abbreviated marking of this beat.

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

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 3

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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In FCs on the 4th beat of the bar there is only a c2-f2 fourth in the R.H., which is most probably a mistake by the copyist, committed at the time of reading Chopin's draft (perhaps vague). In this place, omitting the chord's third is totally unjustified, neither by the chord's sound nor by the voice leading. It is all the more unlikely given that this empty interval would also have to appear in bar 13, which is marked as a repetition of bar 3 in FCs.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information