Issues : Accompaniment changes

b. 45-55

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

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In b. 45, 47, 48 and 53-55, there are visible traces of corrections of the chords on the 2nd or 3rd beat of the bar in AI. In each case Chopin removed one note from the originally written f-b-d1 triad – in b. 45, 47, 53 and 55 and d1 in b. 48 and 54. 

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Accompaniment changes , Omitted correction of an analogous place , Corrections of AI

b. 50

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

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There is a visible crossing-out of the c-a sixth on the 2nd beat of the bar in AI. Cf. b. 45-55.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Accompaniment changes , Corrections of AI

b. 63-64

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

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The notation of AI shows the evolution of the accompaniment in these bars. In both bars Chopin started from a typical bass-chord-chord structure, which he modified in b. 64 by replacing the last chord with a transitional F note. At the same time, he was improving the pitch of the bass notes, which he initially wrote as B and e and then moved them an octave lower (B1 and E); eventually, he left B and E. The way the changes are written is typical of drafts: gentle crossings-out or even leaving two versions with none of them having been crossed out. Therefore, it seems that they were introduced at a time when it was already known that the Mazurka had to be rewritten, hence AI could be used to write down new ideas on the go. The corrections/additions in the next three bars are of similar nature: b. 65 and 67 in the R.H., b. 66 in the L.H.
In b. 64 the same two versions that we can see in AI are also written in AF, whereby the earlier one is definitely crossed out. According to us, it proves Chopin's reduced concentration at the time of writing another autograph of the Mazurka.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

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

b. 66

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

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In AI one can see the deleted initial form of the accompaniment – c and 2 g-c1-e1 chords – and the added final version.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Accompaniment changes , Corrections of AI

b. 69

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

g in AI, AF, GE & EE

in FE

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In the main text we include the  lowering g to g, added by Chopin in the last stage of proofreading of FE. The change is a composer's improvement, yet the original version can also be used.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE