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Op. 30 No. 2, Mazurka in B minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 5-13

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

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In bars 5 and 13, in the main text we add a cautionary  to G in the bass and to g1 in the R.H. The latter was also added in both bars in GE (added in crayon in FC) and in bar 5 also in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 16

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

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FC is missing the 3rd beat in the L.H., which was supplemented in GE by adding a crotchet rest. It is also FE (→EE) that contain a rest, hence there are no doubts that it was a crotchet rest that the copyist overlooked. Cf. a similar oversight by Fontana in the Mazurka in D no. 3, bar 55.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Errors of FC

b. 22-30

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

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In the main text, we add cautionary naturals before b1 in bars 22 and 30. The reviser of GE1 also added them in FC; they were subsequently introduced in this edition.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

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

b. 38

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

poco ritenuto in FC (→GE1)

No indication in FE (→EE) & GE2

our variant suggestion
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The poco ritenuto indication was most probably added to FC by Chopin. If we take into account the fact that there are indications he added both to FC and FE, we can assume that he forwent some of them or at least considered them less important. Due to the above, in the main text we include those that specify one of the possible ways of interpretation, in a variant form (in brackets).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC