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Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

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b. 27

composition: Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

b in chord in FC, literal reading

No b in FE (→EE) & GE
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The clear fleck at the pitch of b in the chord on the 2nd crotchet of the bar is probably simply an ink blot. This note is absent in all the remaining sources; it is also absent in all the sources in the remaining three analogous places (bars 19, 51 and 59).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors of FC

b. 28

composition: Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

Fifth in FC & FE (→EE)

Triad in GE
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The GE version with a three-note chord in the 2nd L.H. crotchet is most probably a mistake by the engraver, who saw a note in the small protrusion of this crotchet's stem. Admittedly, notes on ledger lines can be barely visible (or not at all), but in the case of chords, it concerns the outermost notes – Fontana would mark the vast majority of inner notes in a clear manner. The absence of this c1 is strongly supported by the FE (→EE) version, compliant with the text of all sources in three remaining, analogous bars 20, 52 and 60.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC

b. 29

composition: Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

g-c1-f1 in FC (→GE)

c1-f1 in FE (→EE)
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The missing g in the 2nd L.H. crotchet most probably resulted from an oversight or unclear notation in [A] – the note was almost certainly added in FC, which is indicated by the stem of this chord, which is too short. There are no reasons to differentiate between bars 21 and 29. There is a similar situation in bar 61.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 30

composition: Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

after 3rd beat in FC (→GE)

before 2nd beat in FE (→EE)

 before 3rd beat, suggested by the editors
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Most probably, the  mark is not placed in accordance with Chopin's intention both in FC (too late) and FE (too early). According to us, the correct text appears in FE in analogous bar 62, and this is the version we suggest in the main text also here.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 31-63

composition: Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

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In FE there is no  raising e1 to e1 in bars 31 and 63. The oversight, probably by Chopin in [A], was corrected in EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Omission of current key accidentals