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

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b. 36-37

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

Separate slurs in FC (→GE)

Continuous slur in FE (→EE)
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In FC the slur at the end of bar 36 (which ends the line) may suggest that it should be continued, which, however, is not confirmed by the slur in bar 37. We consider the unequivocal beginning of the slur in bar 37 to be reliable. Due to this ambiguity, and also due to the earlier decision concerning the slurring in bars 32-33, in the main text we continue the FE slur. In analogous bars 44-45 all sources feature a continuous slur.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 36-52

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

Slurs in b. 36, 38 & 52 in FC (→GE)

Slur in b. 52 in FE

No slurs in EE
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The absence of the slurs combining the semiquaver with the chord in bars 36 and 38 in FE (→EE) is most probably an oversight by the engraver of FE (in EE the slur in bar 52 was overlooked too).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE

b. 39

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

Long accent in FC (→GE)

No mark in FE (→EE)
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The long accent was written into FC by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 39

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

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to b.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 39

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

 in FC (→GE)

in FE (→EE)
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Here and in bar 55 we give in the main text a non-slashed grace note after FE, which seem more reliable in this case. It is true that French editions included inaccuracies in grace notes, but Fontana would very often change non-slashed grace notes to slashed ones (cf. the description of FC in the Preludes, Op. 28). This situation occurs twice in the Mazurka, and in both places FE feature a , although almost all the remaining grace notes in entire opus 30 are reproduced there as  (except bar 80). According to us, it guarantees the authenticity of this notation. As a matter of fact, the notation is probably of no significant importance in practical terms, since the grace note merely indicates that the trill is supposed to begin from the main note. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Notation of grace notes , Non-slashed grace notes , Inaccuracies in FC