Issues : Dotted or even rhythm
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b. 26
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composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major
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None of the sources bears traces of changes here, which makes it impossible to determine its cause. A mistake seems more likely in FC – it is easier not to write a dot and a beam than to write them without any reason. However, this does not discredit the version of FC, since Chopin could have changed the rhythm in [A], reviewing it before handing it over to Fontana. In the main text we give the rhythm of FC, being the principal source; however, we regard the version of FE as equal. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Dotted or even rhythm |
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b. 55
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composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major
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In the main text we give the FC (→GE) version. Although in analogous bars 49, 51 and 53 the second note is a semiquaver, the g2 quaver does not seem to be a mistake – together with the e2 note (prolonged due to the fact that it was played before), it is the quaver that constitutes an augmented version of the dotted rhythm opening the motif ( category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE , Dotted or even rhythm |
). This rhythmic extension also impacts the next bar, which opens with a minim, and not with a crotchet. The semiquaver in