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Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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b. 33

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

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In the main text we add cautionary naturals before b and a. The accidentals were also added in EE; the latter is also present in AI.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 34

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

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In AI and AF (→FE) there is no  restoring f at the end of the bar. The mistake was corrected in EE; the correct text is also featured in GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A

b. 35-37

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

Slur in bars 36-37 in AI

Slur in AF (→FE→EE)

No slur in GE
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The slur of AI must be original and seems to be related to the original layout, in which b was written on the top stave, hence at a distance from the c1 quaver. The missing slur underlining the main thematic motif in the alto voice in GE may be a mistake of the engraver of GE1 or proof of a less accurate notation of slurs in [AG].

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 37

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

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The cautionary naturals before b1 and a1 were added while proofreading FE (→EE). The former is also in GE, perhaps also added at the proofreading stage. They are absent in the preserved autographs.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , FE revisions

b. 37-39

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

Slur in AI

2 slurs in AF

Slur in FE (→EE) & GE
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The slur of AI encompasses the top stave without distinguishing particular voices. The slurring of AF emphasises the quasi-polyphonic texture, yet in the next bars (on a new line) Chopin did not continue the slurring of the inner voices. It was probably one of the reasons why the bottom slur in FE (→EE) was omitted – the engraver could have had doubts where and how it should be led. The relationship between [AG] and GE could have been similar, since the fact that the top slur starts only just in b. 38 suggests that another slur began in b. 37 in [AG] (see also b. 129-131).
In the main text we give the slurs of AF, whereby we interpret the bottom one to be reaching the e1 minim in b. 39 after the AF slur in analogous b. 129-131.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE