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Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FC

b. 25-28

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

2 slurs in FC, literal reading

Continuous slur in FE (contextual interpretation→EE)

2 slurs in GE
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The slurring of the first phrase in this section is inaccurate or erroneous both in FC and FE. It concerns particularly FC, in which, when interpreted literally, the slurs are unclear and almost certainly incomplete. The slurring of FE can be easily guessed, as a result of which a corrected version of this slurring is already present in EE; in this situation, it is the version we give in the main text.
The slur added in pencil to FC in bars 27-28 comes from the reviser of GE, who considered the absence of a slur in these bars (and actually rightly so) to be a patent mistake (in FC these bars end the page, which is often conducive to oversights).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Errors of FC , Inaccuracies in FC , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 41

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

b. legato in FC

b. legato in FC

ben legato in FE (→EE)

ben legato after FE (→EE)

legato in GE

legato in GE

ben legato suggested by the editors

ben legato suggested by the editors
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The ben legato indication visible in FE (→EE) under the L.H. part is most probably a Chopinesque explanation of the vague abbreviation b. legato used in FC, which in GE – probably due to uncertainty as to its meaning – was replaced by legato. In the main text we move this indication – in the form used in FE – over the L.H. part, since it is particularly the two top voices in the chords that can be performed legato.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 49-53

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

1 dot in FC (→GE)

3 dots in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we include the staccato dots in the L.H. part present in FE (→EE). There are no doubts that this kind of articulation, correlated with the pedalling, conveys Chopin's idea correctly, which cannot be said about the isolated dot in FC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC

b. 55-56

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

Staccato dots in FC & FE (→EE)

No marks in GE
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In FC the 'd' letters belonging to the  marks blended in these bars with the staccato dots under the bass notes, which resulted in the absence of dots in GE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC