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

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b. 1

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

in FC (→GE)

legato in FE (→EE)

Our variant suggestion
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It is difficult to say how the difference in the indications at the beginning of the piece occurred. As legato was not being removed in FC, it was probably added by Chopin in the stage of proofreading FE or to the basis thereof. One of these scenarios presented an opportunity for a possible removal of , which in FC seems to have been written in Fontana's hand. Due to the above, in the main text we suggest it in a variant form (in brackets). See also bars 13 and 33.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: No initial dynamic marking , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 1

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

Quatre Ma­zurkas in FC (→GE) & FE

Souvenir de la Pologne... in EE

4 Mazurkas suggested by the editors
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Differences in the wording of the title – see the Mazurka in C minor no. 1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 1

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

No dedication in FC (→GE)

Dedication in FE (→EE)
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The absence of the indication in FC (→GE) suggests that the decision concerning a dedication came relatively late in the publishing process of the Mazurkas. See the Mazurka in C minor no. 1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Dedications

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

b. 41

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

No indication in FC (→GE)

in tempo in FE

a tempo in EE
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The in tempo indication was most probably added as part of the Chopinesque proofreading of FE. There is a similar situation in bar 57. The change of the preposition from in to a was an arbitrary decision of the engraver/reviser of EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE