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Op. 30 No. 4, Mazurka in C# minor

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b. 113

composition: Op. 30 No. 4, Mazurka in C# minor

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We add a cautionary  before B1 in the main text.

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b. 113-115

composition: Op. 30 No. 4, Mazurka in C# minor

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In FE (→EE) there are no arpeggios, which is a patent mistake, as is the absence of one of them in FC (at the beginning of bar 114). The defect of the copy was corrected in GE.

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

b. 113

composition: Op. 30 No. 4, Mazurka in C# minor

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The cautionary  to a2 visible in FC was added by the reviser of GE. The accidental does not seem necessary here, and the other editions did not add it.

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issues: GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 115

composition: Op. 30 No. 4, Mazurka in C# minor

No mark in FC (→GE)

Accent in FE (→EE)
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The missing accent in FC could be an oversight by the copyist – cf. analogous bar 19. Therefore, in the main text we include the accent of FE (→EE).

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issues: Errors of FC

b. 116

composition: Op. 30 No. 4, Mazurka in C# minor

No sign in FC (→GE)

Arpeggio sign on 3rd beat in FE (→EE)
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The question of whether Chopin wanted the last chord in this bar to be played as an arpeggio remains open – see analogous bar 20.

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