mUltimate Chopin

A - Autograph

Autograph Stichvorlage for Breitkopf & Härtel

Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, plate number 5647:

GE1 ‒ first German edition, XII 1835,

GE2 ‒ second German edition, VIII 1863, in which most errors were corrected,

GE3 ‒ later, revised impression of GE2 (around 1868).

M. Schlesinger, Paris, plate number M.S. 1070.

FE1 ‒ first French edition, XII 1835.

Two teaching copies:

FED ‒ copy of Camille O'Méara-Dubois, with Chopin’s annotations,

FES ‒ copy of Jane Stirling, with no annotations in this Mazurka.

Wessel & Co, London, plate number W&CoNo 1645.

EE1 ‒ first English edition, IV 1836,

EE2 ‒ second impression of EE1, 1845, with only minor changes,

EE3 ‒ impression of EE2 with changes, 1858 and after.

Principles adopted for the main text
of the Mazurka in B♭ minor Op. 24 no. 4

We have adopted FE, which appears to be the latest authentic source in the process of publication of the Mazurka, as the basic source. We rely on A for the correction of errors and inaccuracies made by engravers. We include the changes and other annotations made in FED.

Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

A - Autograph

GE - German edition

FE - French edition

EE - English edition

Filiation of the sources

Principles adopted for the main text
of the Mazurka in B♭ minor Op. 24 no. 4

Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

A - Autograph

GE - German edition

FE - French edition

EE - English edition

Filiation of the sources

Principles adopted for the main text of the Mazurka in B♭ minor Op. 24 no. 4

Principles adopted for the main text
of the Mazurka in B♭ minor Op. 24 no. 4