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b. 103

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

No marking in A1 (→FE→EE)

in GE
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Like the dimin. in b. 99, the  indication is an improvement introduced by Chopin in [A2] (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 103

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

Slur in A1

No slur in A1 (→FE→EE) & GE
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In [A2] (→GE) Chopin most probably consciously abandoned the idea to put a slur here. It is indicated by the change (or specification) of the dynamic concept through the addition of a  mark in b. 103 and through a more specific indication of the staccato articulation for the chord in that bar (dot also over the L.H. fifth). After all, Chopin could have also removed the slur in the proofreading of FE (→EE), although an oversight (or misunderstanding) of the mark by the engraver of FE1 seems to be more likely.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE

b. 103

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

R.H. staccato dot in A1 (→FE→EE)

Dots in both hands in GE1

No marks in GE2
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In the main text we include the staccato dots in the parts of both hands after GE1. The missing marks in GE2 must be an oversight.

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issues: Errors in GE

b. 103

composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

No pedalling in A1 (→FE→EE)

Pedalling in GE

Our variant suggestion
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Due to the reasons described in b. 19-20, in the main text we give the pedalling of GE in a variant form only. See also b. 59.

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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