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Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

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b. 23

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

No accidental above  in sources

[] suggested by the editors
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The missing , clarifying that it is the c3 major second, and not the c3 augmented second, that should be used as the top mordent note, is probably an inaccuracy by Chopin, who only occasionally clarified the pitch of auxiliary notes in ornaments with an accidental. In spite of c3, played a moment ago, the default choice in a descending minor scale is a natural seventh, in this case c3 in the D minor scale. However, it does not mean that there are no exceptions to this rule, hence the literal interpretation of the text may be regarded as an acceptable variant, particularly since the use of augmented seconds in the melody of the two previous bars may mean that the composer wanted to achieve peculiar timbre of the minor version of this phrase with the help of those intervals.

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issues: Omission of current key accidentals

b. 40

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

Trill with c2 in sources, literal reading

Trill with c2 or c2, our variant suggestion
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When interpreted literally, the source text indicates that the top note in the trill is c2, since there is no accidental clarifying its pitch. However, Chopin frequently omitted such accidentals (cf., e.g. bar 23 and 93 or the Scherzo in B minor, Op. 31, bar 74), hence it is not entirely certain whether this was indeed his intention. The use of an e-d seventh to write down the diminished four-note chord naturally implies c2, which is confirmed by the key of F minor, valid for the next 16 bars. Nevertheless, this is not a decisive argument, since the discussed bar is of a transitional nature, while the used chords, allowing a variety of interpretations, do not determine the key.

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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.

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issues: GE revisions , Errors of FC