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Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 36-37

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

The slur of A (→GE)

The corrected slur of FE (→EE)
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The slur in A (→GE) begins on the 1st note of bar 37. Correcting FE (→EE), Chopin moved the beginning of the  slur one crotchet earlier. Cf. similar slur corrections in bar 18 and analogous bars, and also in the Mazurka in C Op. 24 no. 2, bars 58-59 & analog.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 46

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

c1 in the chord in A, FE (→EE) and GE2 (→GE3)

A note missing in GE1
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The note c1 in the chord at the beginning of the bar is barely visible in A, so in GE1 it was omitted. Chopin added it again in the proofing of FE (→EE), it was also supplemented in GE2 (→GE3). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 49-50

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

No pedalling in A (→GE)

Pedalling added in FE (→EE)

The editors' suggestion
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The pedalling added in FE (→EE) probably results from Chopin's correction. As for the placement of  marks, it stays in line with the pedalling of other analogous bars in those editions. In our opinion, compliance with the pedalling of the entire Mazurka is more important when it comes to the interpretation of that correction than the very fact of  placing the marks under the 3rd crotchet. Therefore in our main text we suggest the pedalling that complies with the marks taken from A.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 57

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

The version of A

d1 not prolonged in GE

A stem and a dot added for d1 in FE (→EE)

The enriched version of FES
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The versions of A, GE and FE (→EE) differ only in the accuracy of notation of the sustained note d1. In FES Chopin entered a different, melodically richer version of that bar that, in our opinion, may be regarded at least on a par with the version of FE. Cf. bar 59.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Inaccuracies in GE , Annotations in FES , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Main-line changes