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Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 65

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

No slur in AI & GE

Slur over chords in AF (→FE→EE)
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The missing slur in GE seems to be an oversight of the engraver – in this edition L.H. slurs appear from b. 66, opening a new line, yet both slurs in b. 64-65 were overlooked.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 89

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

b in chords in AI & AF (→FE→EE)

No b in chords in GE
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The version of GE is most probably erroneous – it was the text of the next bar that was written, in which there is no b in the L.H. due to b, the 2nd R.H. quaver. In the discussed bar, the presence of b in the chords is advantageous both in terms of harmony (b from the previous bar moves to b) and dynamics – entry of the G major chord in  dynamics.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 101

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

No mark in AI & GE

Staccato dot in AF (→FE→EE)
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The lack of staccato dot in GE must be recognized as an oversight by the engraver or Chopin himself – GE has the mark in the analogous b. 9.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 103

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

No marks in AI & GE2

Staccato dots in AF (→FE→EE) & GE1
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The lack of staccato dots is an oversight by the engraver of GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 111-116

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

Staccato dots in bars 112, 115 & 116 in AF (→FE)

Dots in bars 115 & 116 in EE

Dots in bars 111 & 116 in GE1

Dot in bar 116 in GE2

Dots in bars 111-112 & 115-116, our alternative suggestion
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In the main text we include the staccato dots under the bass notes in b. 112, 115 and 116 on the basis of AF (→FE). As an alternative solution, we suggest taking into account the dot of GE1 in b. 111 too. The omission of some of the dots in EE and GE2 is an oversight of the engravers.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Errors in GE