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Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

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b. 7

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

 after 3rd beat in sources

 on 3rd beat suggested by the editors
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The  asterisk having been added after the 3rd crotchet must be an inaccuracy of the pedalling of [A], perhaps added in haste. There are no musical reasons for mixing harmonies in this place. See also bars 17-18 and 20-22.

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b. 17-18

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

 after 3rd beat in FC (→GE)

before 3rd beat in FE (→EE)
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The pedalling of FC (→GE) must be inaccurate, as it was the case with bar 7. It is particularly obvious in bar 18, in which such long pedal leads to an awkward step in the next bar: an F-f diminished octave to e. Therefore, in the main text we give the more careful version of FE (→EE).

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issues: Inaccuracies in FC

b. 20

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

after 3rd beat in FC (→GE)

No sign in FE

before 3rd beat in EE

[] before 3rd beat suggested by the editors
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We consider the missing  mark in FE to be an inaccuracy, perhaps by Chopin, since the same version is to be seen in bar 52. In the main text we suggest a  before the 3rd crotchet, after the markings of FE in bars 17-18; this is how the notation of FE was supplemented in EE. The mark in FC is most probably written too late, although in this case the harmonic sequence does not rule out such pedalling.

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issues: Inaccuracies in FE , No pedal release mark , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 22-24

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

No markings in sources

Pedalling suggested by the editors
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The missing pedal markings in bars 22 and 24 seem to be Chopin's inadvertence if we take into account the presence of markings at the beginning of this eight-bar phrase (bars 17-18 and 20) and the similar texture in all these bars. Perhaps Chopin considered the earlier markings to be a model for the entire section; however, in this situation, the fact that he later returned to marking pedalling in bars 30 and 32 could suggest the use of different pedal markings in almost identical phrases in bars 17-24 and 25-32, which does not seem intentional. Due to the above, in the discussed bars we suggest in the main text markings drawn specifically from bars 30 and 32.

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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
..

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.

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