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b. 133-138

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

Slurs in AF, literal reading

Slurs in AF, contextual interpretation

Slurs in FE

Slurs in GE

Slurs in EE
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Two or three slurs that originate from the previous bar are continued differently due to the different placement of the slurs concerning the inner voices as well as due to the change of the function of one of the slurs of AF – the slur that began in b. 131 as an alto voice slur and led between this voice and the higher placed soprano voice minims (in our transcription placed under the alto voice) already concerns the entire R.H. part from the 2nd quaver in b. 133.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 133

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

No marking in AF (→FE→EE)

in GE
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category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 133

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No indication in sources

[Oboe] suggested by the editors
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In the main text we supplement the imprecise piece of information concerning the instrumentation – in the sources of the orchestral part, including AsI, the last semiquavers in b. 133 and the topmost voice until the 1st quaver in b. 135 are performed by the oboe, joined by the clarinets (and the bassoon) only just in b. 134.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 133

composition: Op. 30 No. 4, Mazurka in C# minor

in FC (→GE1)

No marking in FE (→EE) & GE2
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Chopin added  to FC (→GE1). It was removed in GE2, perhaps due to a misunderstanding during revision – see the adjacent note.

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

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 133-136

composition: Op. 30 No. 4, Mazurka in C# minor

4 long accents in FC & FE

3 long accents in GE

4 short accents in EE
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The four long accents were added to FC by Chopin. In GE1 the first one was overlooked; it is also absent in GE2, in which the adjacent  was removed too. It may mean that there was an attempt to add an accent, which required  to be moved; however, the correction remained unfinished. As accents are also in FE, Chopin most probable wrote them there while proofreading this edition. Reducing marks to the form of common, short accents is frequent in EE and other first editions of Chopin's works.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in GE , EE inaccuracies