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Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 4

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

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The cautionary  to a1 is present only in FE (→EE), perhaps added by Chopin in the stage of proofreading FE. In the main text we also add a  to a in the L.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 17-30

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

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In FC both poco a poco cresc. - - - indications (in bars 17-23 and 25-31) are added in Chopin's hand, which means that they were also added in the stage of proofreading FE or to the basis of FE. The same in bars 49-55 and 57-63.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 24

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

Rest in FC (→GE)

No rest in FE (→EE)
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Completing the R.H. top voice with a rest on the 3rd beat in the bar is an example of ultra-correct notation, used by Chopin only exceptionally, and in this case even misleading – f1 in the last crotchet, belonging allegedly to the bottom voice, is actually a beginning of the next phrase in the top voice. In the main text we omit it, since it could have been added by Fontana or removed by Chopin in the proofreading of or in the basis for FE.
A similar situation is present in bar 56.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 48

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

f in chord in FC (→GE1)

g in chord in FE (→EE) & GE2
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The improved voice leading, achieved by avoiding parallel B-f and c-g fifths, most probably resulted from the Chopinesque proofreading of FE (→EE). The fact that this version appears in GE2 suggests the use of FE in the revision of this edition.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 64

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

FC (→GE)

FE (→EE)
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This is the most significant difference between the authentic sources – FC and FE – in entire opus 30. The FE (→EE) version, which is a clear improvement of the Mazurka ending, must have been introduced by Chopin in the proofreading of or in the basis for FE instead of the FC (→GE) version.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Bass register changes , Main-line changes