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Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

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.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 32

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

Slur to 2nd beat in FC (→GE1)

Slur to f2 in FE (→EE) & GE2
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In the main text we give the longer slur of FC (→GE1). This place appears in the authentic sources – FC and FE – 7 times (bars 24, 32, 56 and 64; in bar 64 only in FC), 5 of which have a slur with such an ending.
The version of GE2 is an editorial revision, making this place look like the version of FC in bar 24. A similar situation is to be seen in bars 56 and 64.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Tenuto slurs