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Issues : Authentic corrections of FC

b. 113-117

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

 &  in FC (→GE)

No markings in FE (→EE)
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Chopin added the contrasting dynamic indications to FC (→GE).

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

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 114-117

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in bar 114 in A (→FE→EE)

 & - - -  in FC & GE2 (→GE3)

 &  in GE1
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 was added by Chopin in A most probably after the completion of FC, since there are no traces of its deletion in the copy. However, it does not have to mean that Chopin added it after having proofread and completed FC. Anyway, the placement of this indication already in b. 114 was confirmed by the preceding cresc. added in FE and, above all, by  added in FE in analog. b. 246. The missing ending of the dashes following the cresc. from bar 109 must be a mistake of GE1. In the main text we give the markings of FC, like in this entire theme; however, the version of A and FE (→EE) is to be considered equivalent. After all, the difference between the actual implementations of both concepts is minimal.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Corrections in A , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 116

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

in FC

No sign in FE (→EE)

in GE
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The  hairpin was added by Chopin to FC. In GE the mark was slightly shortened, adjusting it to the quintuplet beam. The hairpin of FC could be considered inaccurate, but a mark of similar range was most probably in [A] in bar 19, which seems to result from the comparison of the versions of FE and FC in that bar.

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

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 116

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

Long accent in FC (→GE)

No mark in FE (→EE)
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The long accent was written into FC by Chopin, as in bar 20.

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

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 125

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

poco stretto in FC (→GE)

calando in FE (→EE)
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The differing performance markings of FC and FE were independently introduced by Chopin both in the copy and in the stage of proofreading FE (or in the basis for it) – see the note on the filiation of the Mazurkas. In the main text we give the version of the principal source (FC), but the second version may be regarded as an equal option.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of FC