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Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

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b. 138

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

Sixths in AI

3-note chords in AF (→FE→EE) & GE
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The version of AI is original and most probably connected to the original version – except for the top voice – of the R.H. part.

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issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 139

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

Rest in AI & FE

G in AF (→FE→EE)
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It seems that both published versions of the beginning of this bar were already present in AI, in which one can see a crossing-out of the crotchet, probably G, next to the rest. It means that Chopin hesitated presumably until the very end of the work on the publishing of the Mazurka, and maybe even later. In the main text we give the version of GE, just like in b. 134, in which a similar discrepancy appears. Both bars implement the same rhythmic and melodic scheme (co-creating the entire eight-bar section), which, according to us, implies that an analogous version should apply to both places.

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issues: Chopin's hesitations , Accompaniment changes , Corrections of AI

b. 139

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

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We add a cautionary  before b1 in the main text.

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b. 139

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

No pedalling in AI & GE

   in AF (→FE→EE)

[ ], our alternative suggestion
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The pedalling of AF (→FE→EE), encompassing the first two beats of the bar, is related to the G crotchet present in these sources at the beginning of the bar – see the note above. As we give another version in the main text, we do not take into account this version of pedalling, particularly since in the next bar, with rest on the 1st beat, AF features a different pedalling. In accordance with what was said in the note to b. 137-138, the missing pedalling markings in GE may be an inadvertence of the engraver, hence for the version with rest we suggest pedalling markings modelled after b. 140 as an alternative solution.

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b. 139-140

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

No slurs in AI & AF (→FE→EE)

Slurs in GE
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The slurs over the L.H. pairs of crotchets specify the notation and were most probably introduced in [AG] (→GE). AI is devoid of L.H. slurs/phrase marks until b. 188.

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