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Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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b. 28

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

d1 in chord in AI & GE

No d1 in AF (→FE→EE)
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The missing d1 minim in AF could be considered Chopin's hesitation: in AI it seems that the note was added to the g1-b1 third. It is also included in GE, based on [AG], which may be later. However, in analogous b. 120 a respective note is present in all sources, which may point towards the composer's oversight in the discussed place.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations , Errors of A

b. 29-32

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

No slurs in AI

Continuous slur in AF

2 slurs in FE, literal reading

2 slurs in FE, contextual interpretation

Slur in EE

2 slurs in GE1, literal reading

2 slurs in GE1, contextual interpretation

2 slurs in GE2
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The majority of the source versions are a result of inaccuracies and mistakes. Out of the written-down versions of the slurring, hence except for AI, it is only two slurs that seem to be authentic:

  • the continuous slur of AF, which we give in the main text as written by Chopin's hand and confirmed by the same slur of AF (→FE→EE) in analogous b. 121-124;
  • contextual interpretation of two slurs of GE1 consisting in dragging the slur to the g crotchet in b. 32 after the ending of the slur of GE1 in b. 124.

The issue concerning the differences in slurring in the next bars – see b. 33-37.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE , FE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 29-31

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

 in AF

 in FE

 in EE

  in GE
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In the main text we give the most accurate indications of GE1, most probably corresponding to the notation of [AG]. The minor differences in the range of the signs in FE, EE and GE2 bear hallmarks of inaccuracies and have a negligible impact on the meaning of the marks. See also b. 31.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , EE inaccuracies

b. 30-31

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

No slur in AI & AF (→FE→EE)

Slur in GE
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The b1-c2 slur probably originates from a later completion of the manuscripts' notation, which is indicated by a comparison with analogous b. 122-123. Chopin most likely added a slur here only in [AG] (→GE) and the second time – only in AF (→FE→EE). Such complementary corrections suggest that there was a stage – probably short – in which both autographs were being retouched in parallel.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 30-31

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

No pedalling in AI & GE

  in AF (→FE→EE)

( ) suggested by the editors
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These unobvious pedalling markings were added by Chopin in AF. They are absent both in the remaining sources and in analogous b. 122-123, hence in the main text we include them in a variant form.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions