Issues : Authentic post-publication changes and variants

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

b. 59

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

Crotchets in A (→GEFE)

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. 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