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

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b. 3-4

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

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In bar 3 all sources feature a completely unjustified  (cautionary?) to the first G note. In FC a respective  was also added in bar 4 (in pencil). We do not consider this accidental to be part of FC, since it was added by the reviser of GE. In addition to GE, the latter was also added in EE. In the main text we omit both accidentals.

The sharp in bar 3 must have been entered into [A] by Chopin. According to us, it could be an echo of the initial notation of bars 1-2, in which the top R.H. minim was written down as g1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Enharmonic corrections

b. 5-8

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

Pedalling in FC (→GE)

in b. 5 in FE (→EE)
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In FE the pedalling of these bars is indicated in general terms with a  mark at the beginning of the phrase. Initially, a similar situation was in FC, in which, however, Chopin specified this aspect of performance by adding the remaining markings.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: No pedal release mark , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 7-15

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

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In the main text we add cautionary accidentals – naturals to a1 in bars 7 and 15 and to b1 in bar 13. In FC they were already added by the reviser of GE, who also added a  to a2 in bar 9.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts

b. 9-10

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

d tied in FC (→GE)

d repeated in FE (→EE)
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The missing tie to the d minim is probably an oversight by the engraver of FE (→EE). Cf. a different kind of mistake in bars 17-20.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 13

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

in FC (→GE)

No indication in FE (→EE)

Our variant suggestion
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As in bar 1, the  indication does not seem to have been added to FC by Chopin, which means that it could have been removed in the stage of proofreading FE or in the basis thereof. Not having certainty as to the chronology of the versions, in the main text we suggest a variant solution.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of FC