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

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b. 62-63

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

No markings in FC (→GE)

   in FE (→EE)
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The pedalling may have been added by Chopin while proofreading FE (→FE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 77-78

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

No markings in FC (→GE)

Pedalling in FE (→EE)
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In these bars, the pedalling was almost certainly added in the stage of proofreading FE (→EE). It was absent in [A], since Fontana started writing  in bar 78 in FC and – most probably after having realised his mistake – he stopped, leaving the first line of the letter 'p'. On the other hand, the likelihood that the FE pedalling could have been entered by mistake is zero, since in analogous bars 93-94 we encounter the same difference between FC and FE.  

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 93-94

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

No markings in FC (→GE)

Pedalling in FE (→EE)
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As in analogous bars 77-78, Chopin most probably added the pedal markings while proofreading FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 101-104

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

Pedalling in FC (→GE)

No markings in FE (→EE)
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In the main text, in bars 101 and 109 we include the pedalling entered by Chopin into FC (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 102-104

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

Pedalling in FC & GE2

Pedalling in GE1

No markings in FE (→EE)

Pedalling suggested by the editors
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The pedalling added by Chopin to FC in bars 102-103 could be inaccurate, as indicated by a comparison with the markings – also Chopinesque – present in analogous bars 6-7. The reason for the inaccuracies may lie in haste, visible, e.g. in the careless handwriting. Taking into account the above, in the main text we suggest the pedalling of bars 6-7, which is better thought out.
In GE1 the FC pedalling in bars 102 and 104 was inaccurately reproduced, which was corrected in GE2.

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

issues: Authentic corrections of FC