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Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 62

composition: Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

Minim in AI

Dotted rhythm with quaver d in FE1

Dotted rhythm with quaver d after FE1

Dotted rhythm with quaver d in FE2 (→EE) & GE

Dotted rhythm with quaver d after FE2 (→EE) & GE
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The version of AI with an f minim was replaced by Chopin in [A] by the version of FE (→GE,EE) with a dotted rhythm. However, in FE1, as in bars 58-60, Chopin almost certainly forgot about the  raising d to d in the last quaver, as a result of which it is a d. He added this sharp while proofreading FE2 (→EE); the accidental was also independently added by the reviser of GE, and this is the version we give in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes

b. 63

composition: Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

d in AI & GE

d in AI & GE

d in FE (→EE)

d after FE (→EE)
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As was the case with bars 58-60 and 62, Chopin almost certainly forgot here about the  raising d to d in the last quaver, hence it is a d. In this case, however, he did not correct this mistake in FE2 (→EE), hence a  was added only by the reviser of GE. In the main text we give the version with d, confirmed by AI.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 64

composition: Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

2 slurs, first to f minim in FE (→EE)

2 slurs, first to g quaver in GE
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The version of AI is an element of an earlier concept of slurring, discussed in more details in the note on bars 35-36. The difference in the range of the first slur in the version of the editions most probably resulted from an inaccuracy by the engraver of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions

b. 66

composition: Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

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EEW does not contain the  raising d2 to d2, which must be an oversight by the engraver. The corresponding accidental in FE was almost certainly added in the last stage of proofreading FE1, hence initially it was also absent in GE1, in which it was added in print along with a few other sharps. This can be deduced from the fact that both FE1 and GE1 did not provide space for this accidental before the note; therefore, in both editions it must have been added only just in the stage of proofreading the already printed text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 71-73

composition: Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to e1 in bars 71 and 73,  as it was performed in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions