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b. 1
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
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The GE1 and GE2 copies were provided with two types of covers – some gave no information that the piece was intended for piano with orchestra (the phrase "avec accompagnement d'orchestre" was removed). The title page of GE3 explicitly informs us that it is a piece for one piano ("pour le piano seul"). The titles of the remaining editions do not contain a mention of the orchestral accompaniment, although in the case of FE1 (→FE2) one can guess that it is included due to the given prices of the orchestral material (in a full version and in a version reduced to string quartet). category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information issues: GE revisions |
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b. 1-7
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composition: Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major
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Probably in [A], or perhaps only just while proofreading FE1, Chopin changed the rhythmic notation of the first eight-bar section – he replaced the crotchets at the beginning of bar 1, 3, 5 and 7 with quavers filled with quaver rests. In the remaining three similar phrases he left crotchets (bar 9, 11, 13, 15, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81 and 83). According to us, such a change is probably to be regarded as a clarification of performance, marked the first time but generally valid in all these places. See also bar 3. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations |
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b. 1
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composition: Op. 30 No. 1, Mazurka in C minor
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In all sources the number of mazurkas in the opus is expressed in full word – Quatre Mazurkas, yet in the main text we provide a digit, understandable regardless of the language. What is more, it cannot be excluded that in the autograph (lost) Chopin wrote a digit, as he did in the preserved autographs of opuses 24 and 50, which the French publisher did not respect in opus 24, replacing the digit with a word. In FC the title contains a mistake – Quatre Mazurka. The title having been expanded in EE was an arbitrary decision of the publisher – all opuses of Chopinesque Mazurkas were named like that. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Errors of FC |
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b. 1
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composition: Op. 30 No. 1, Mazurka in C minor
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The absence of dedication in FC (→GE) suggests that Chopin decided to dedicate the Mazurkas to the Duchess of Württemberg already after having sent the copy to Leipzig; afterwards, he no longer dealt with the issue. The Duchess came to Paris the year the Mazurkas were published (1837), hence the decision concerning the dedication could have appeared relatively late in the publishing process. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Dedications |
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b. 1
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composition: Op. 30 No. 1, Mazurka in C minor
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It is unclear how the difference in the placement of the initial category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Centrally placed marks |
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