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Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

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b. 57

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

No sign in FC (→GE)

in FE (→EE)

Our variant suggestion
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In the main text we include the  hairpin present only in FE (→EE) in a variant form, since it is absent in the principal source, yet its authenticity is unquestionable; it can be considered a complement to the  indication.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 59

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

No mark in FC (→GE)

Staccato dot in FE (→EE)
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The easiest explanation for the missing staccato dot in FC (→GE) would be an oversight by the copyist – in the entire Mazurka a staccato mark on the 1st quaver in the bar is present in the vast majority of similar figures, thus constituting an element defining the Mazurka characteristic dance gesture.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC

b. 59

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

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In FE, in the top voice the double dotted crotchet is followed by a quaver. A comparison with analogous bar 63, and above all the FC (→GE) version, prove that the value of the last note is erroneous, since it is to be a semiquaver. An adequate correction was introduced in EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Rhythmic errors

b. 61-62

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

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In the main text we add cautionary flats to d2 in bar 61 and to the d1-b1 sixth in bar 62. It was also GE that added accidentals to the sixth. The same in bars 69-70.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 62

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

Staccato dot in FC (→GE)

No mark in FE (→EE)
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The easiest explanation for the missing staccato dot in FE (→EE) would be an oversight by the engraver – in the entire Mazurka a staccato mark on the 1st quaver in the bar appears in the vast majority of similar figures, constituting an element defining the characteristic dance gesture of the Mazurka.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE