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

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 21-25

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

4 wedges in FC

4 staccato dots in FE (→EE) & GE2

3 dots in GE1
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The F crotchets at the beginning of bars 21, 23, 25 and 27 are provided with wedges in FC and with dots in FE (→EE). As the second time (bars 117-123) both sources are provided with dots, to the main text we adopt this kind of markings. In GE the wedges of FC were reproduced as dots; moreover, in GE1 the mark in bar 21 was overlooked, supplemented in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Wedges

b. 22-24

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

Dots & slurs in FC

No markings in FE (→EE)

Slurs in GE
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In bars 22 and 24 the L.H. sets of markings – consisting of a staccato dot and a slur – could have been added by Chopin to [A] after FE had already been engraved. It is less likely that they could have been added by Chopin to FC, since they are not characteristic of Chopin's additions.
The absence of the dots in GE most probably resulted from an oversight (or perhaps they were ignored? – both are very small) by the engraver.
Similar situations are to be found in bar 28 and in bars 118, 120 and 122.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 63

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

2 short accents in FC & FE (→EE)

1 short accent in GE1

Long & short accent in GE2

2 long accents suggested by the editors
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We justify the long accents suggested in the main text by inaccuracies in the reproduction of such accents in other pieces by Chopin both by Fontana (cf., e.g. the Scherzo in B minor, Op. 31, bars 42-43) and by FE.
The absence of an accent in bar 63 must be a mistake by GE1, corrected in GE2 by adding a long accent.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 65

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

Tied g1 in FC, $FE (→EE) & GE2

f1 in GE1
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The version of GE1 must be a mistake, corrected in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 101

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

in FC & GE2

No marking in FE (→EE) & GE1
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 was added to FC by Chopin. At the same time, it can be seen that he probably initially started writing , which he then turned to 'f' from . The result was a little bit clumsy, which is a possible reason why this indication was omitted by GE1 (it was added in GE2).
See the note below.

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

issues: Errors in GE