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

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FC

b. 74-76

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

Long accents in FC (→GE)

Short accents in FE (→EE)
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The long accents in bars 74 and 76 were added to FC (→GE) by Chopin.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 85-88

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

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The cresc. - - - indication was entered into FC by Chopin; therefore, it was most probably also added in the stage of proofreading FE or to the basis thereof.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 97-100

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

Dashes till b. 100 in FC (→GE)

Dashes till beginning of b. 97 in FE (→EE)
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Chopin was adding the dashes marking the range of dim. to the end of bar 100; however, it is uncertain which marks are written in his hand – probably already from the third dash, which would be compliant with the notation of FE, and certainly the last 5 dashes (bars 99-100). The version of FE (→EE) may be inaccurate, since dashes are generally added to indications valid clearly longer than the word defining a given indication.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 100-101

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

Slur to b. 101 in FC (→GE)

Slur to end of b. 100 in FE (→EE)
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The longer slur of FC (→GE) resulted from a correction by Chopin, who in FC added an ending of the slur reaching the c1-e1 third.

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

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 100-101

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

Slur to crotchet G in sources

Slur to C suggested by the editors
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In the main text we give a slur resulting from the changes introduced by Chopin to FC, striving at integrating the beginning of the Mazurka main theme, that is the 1st beat of bar 101, with the preceding four-bar section, in particular the change of the chord to a single note, closing the bass line, and the extension of the R.H. slur. According to us, the fact that Chopin did not explicitly mark such an extension in the L.H. part is an oversight in the implementation of this wide-ranging change. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Authentic corrections of FC