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Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

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Issues : Errors of FC

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. 73

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

No mark in FC (→GE)

Accent in FE (→EE)
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The accent could have been overlooked by the copyist or added in the stage of proofreading FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Errors of FC

b. 79-94

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

12 staccato dots in FC

15 dots in FE

12 dots in GE1

13 dots in EE

16 dots in GE2
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We give the staccato dots for the bass notes after FE, which is more accurate in this respect than FC (we add the only dot omitted by FE in bar 93 after FC). In GE1 and EE the versions of FC and FE, respectively, were inaccurately reproduced. All dots were added only in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Errors of FC

b. 89

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

No  in FC (→GE1)

in FE (→EE) & GE2
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The missing  in FC (→GE1) must be an oversight by the copyist (in FC this bar ends the page, which is conducive to distraction – see below, the note on ). The mark was added in GE2, most probably by analogy with bar 19.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of FC

b. 89

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

No sign in FC (→GE)

in FE (→EE)
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The  hairpin was probably omitted in FC by Fontana, who committed a mistake while writing the preceding  mark (he wrote it too long). Therefore, in the main text we include the FE (→EE) mark. In analogous bar 19, a corresponding mark is only in FC (→GE).
See also the note on the mordent.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC