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b. 173

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

Continuous slur in AI & AF (→FE→EE)

Separate slurs in GE
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The slurring of GE, separating the culminant phrase from the course of the preparatory progression, is probably a change introduced by Chopin in [AG] (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 173

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Mordent in A

Grace note in FE (→GE,EE)
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We consider the grace note in FE (→GE,EE) the latest authentic version, although it seems that the mordent present in A was not being removed at the stage of proofreading. No traces of corrections in print suggests that the engraver of FE omitted the ornament, and Chopin simply added a grace note while proofreading FE. Therefore, the deletions in A prove that the composer hesitated, since it was the grace note that was removed there and replaced with a mordent. In this situation, both versions may be considered equal variants. Similar variations are to be found in other pieces by the composer, e.g. in the Ballade in A, Op. 47, b. 3 and 39 or the Mazurka in C minor, Op. 30 No. 1, b. 1, 5 and 9, 13.

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

issues: Corrections in A , Chopin's hesitations , Deletions in A , Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes

b. 173

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No ornament in AsI & A (→GE→EE,FESB)

in FE
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Chopin added the mordent over the 1st note while proofreading FE. An ornament – , which is often tantamount to  in Chopin's works – is also in the flute part in AsI.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes

b. 173

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In the manuscripts there is no  restoring e2 at the end of the bar. Chopin's oversight was already corrected in GE1 and the remaining editions. In the main text we have already added a cautionary  to e3 (it is also in GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 174

composition: Op. 43, Tarantella

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In A, FC3 and GE1 on the first quaver in RH there is no  lowering g3 to g3. It was added in FE (→IE), and it also exists in EE. In GE2 (→GE3→GE4)  was arbitrarily added.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A