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Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 64-66

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

Pedalling in AF

FE

EE

GE
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Just like in the preceding four bars, in the main text we follow the version of AF. In FE and EE it was reproduced with minor inaccuracies concerning the placement of the pedal release mark, out of which only the shift of  in b. 64 in FE (erroneous) has an actual influence on the performance. A perceptible difference in sound also appears in b. 65, in which the longer pedal of GE may be considered an equal variant.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 73-75

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

No marking in AI

in AF

 in FE (literal reading→EE)

dimin.  in GE
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In the main text we give the version of GE, which is probably later. In AF one can see that the hairpin blends with the L.H. slur, which could have prompted Chopin to use a verbal indication in [AG]. In FE the hairpin breaks at the end of the line, in b. 74, which EE reproduced in the simplest way possible by inserting a complete mark of such a range.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 98

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

 in AF, literal reading

Long accent in FE & GE

Short accent in EE
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We reproduce the mark in AF, longer than in b. 94, as a  hairpin, in spite of the fact that the arguments put forward there remain in force also here – the mark must have been meant as a long accent, which we, hence, give in the main text. FE feature a long accent in b. 98 and another accent or a hairpin in b. 99, which results from the transition to a new page in this edition.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions

b. 101

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

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In the main text we include a cautionary  before f1 featuring in AI and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 115

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

Staccato dot in AF, GE & EE

No mark in FE
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FE overlooked the staccato dot over the a quaver. The mark was added in EE, probably due to the dot under the L.H. octave and by analogy with, e.g. b. 111 and 113.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE