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Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

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Issues : Annotations in teaching copies

b. 59

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

Crotchets in A (→GE→FE)

Crotchets in EE (without the second slur)

Quavers entered in FES

Quavers and a slur in FED
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In the main text we give the version written into FES and FED. The remaining sources have the version as in bar 3 and analogous bars. That type of adding variety to the melodic line is very characteristic of Chopin. He introduced similar changes, also as later corrections, in Mazurka in C major no. 2, bars 102-103, and also in other works.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FES , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Main-line changes

b. 59

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

Fingering written into FES

Without teaching fingering
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The 1st finger written into FES applies the enriched version of the melodic line in that edition (our main text - see the neighbouring note). However, it may also be used for the version of A and the first editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 61-62

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

 

A slur added in FES
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The line added in FES may be a slur, yet it is not certain. The sign may be a teaching hint rather than a suggestion of alternative phrasing. The traces of removing a longer slur (extending from the semiquaver f sharp1 to g1 in bar 62) in A  prove that Chopin's decision was a well-thought-out one. Therefore we do not take the entry of FES into consideration in our main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Corrections in A , Annotations in FES , Authentic post-publication changes and variants

b. 62

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

Fingering in FES

No teaching fingering provided
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES