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

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Issues : Errors of FC

b. 63-64

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

No slur in b. 64 in FC (→GE)

Slur over b. 64 in FE (→EE)
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The shorter slur of FC (→GE) resulted from inattention – most probably of the copyist, or perhaps of Chopin in [A] – who did not write the ending of the slur in a new line.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC

b. 67-68

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

No sign in FC (→GE)

in FE (→EE)
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The  hairpin could have been added by Chopin while proofreading FE or overlooked by the copyist in FC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Errors of FC

b. 89

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

No c1 in chords in FC (→GE)

Chords with c1 in FE (→EE)
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A comparison with analogous bar 73 suggests that the version of FC (→GE) is erroneous. It is likely that Fontana did not notice both c1 notes in the chords due to inaccurate notation – in Chopin's autographs, it can sometimes be difficult to determine the presence of notes on ledger lines in the middle of chords. A correction to FC (in print or of the basis) cannot be ruled out either.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Errors of FC

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.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

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).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of FC