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Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 71

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

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Like in b. 15 and 39, the cautionary  before g1 was added in the proofreading of FE. However, the sign is absent in EE, which probably means that it was added in the last phase of proofreading.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 78

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

g in A1 (→FE1→EE) & GE

G in FE2
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The version of FE2 must be the latest authentic one and should be placed in the main text as such. However, the fact that the version had a very limited number of recipients is an argument against it: FE2 was released in a commemorative album, offered exclusively to the subscribers of the weekly Revue et Gazette Musicale de Paris. Therefore, this situation can be compared to the variations entered by Chopin into teaching copies, which we generally consider to be variant.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 78

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

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The cautionary naturals before g and g1 were added – perhaps by Chopin – in the proofreading of FE1 (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 81-83

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

5 long accents in A1

5 short accents in FE

3 long, 2 short accents in GE1

2 long, 3 short accents in GE2

3 short accents in EE
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The long accents of A1 are most probably an earlier version and may be considered a variant. The short accents of FE could also have been accepted by Chopin, who added two of them – in b. 81-82 – probably in the last stage of proofreading, since they are absent in EE. In the main text we give differentiated accents after GE2, which fittingly systematised the notation of GE1, which is slightly chaotic, yet most probably substantially compliant with [A2]. Moreover, we suggest an alternative interpretation of the notation of GE1, consistent with the literal interpretation of A1 in b. 73-75. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 84

composition: Op. 50 No. 1, Mazurka in G major

Inverted long accent in A1, probably interpretation

Long accent in FE

in GE

No mark in EE
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The mark of A1, with arms of different length, may be interpreted as a reversed long accent or a short  hairpin, which would correspond to the version of GE. According to us, the former is more likely; however, in the main text we adopt a non-reversed long accent, which may be a result of Chopinesque proofreading of FE and which is compliant with the unquestionable marking in analogous b. 76.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Sign reversal , Authentic corrections of FE