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Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

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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. 85-86

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

No marks in sources

Accents suggested by the editors
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We consider the missing accents, which are present in analogous bars 15-16, to be Chopin's inadvertence, since nothing indicates that – in spite of minor differences – the composer could have envisioned a different performance of bars 9-24 and 79-94.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 87-89

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

in FC (→GE)

Shorter  in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we give a  hairpin with a range corrected – probably by Chopin – in FC. A mark of an almost identical range is present in FE in analogous bars 17-19.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections 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