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b. 5

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

 over f in AI & GE3

 under d1 in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)
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In FE the mordent was placed under the d1-f1 third, which suggests that it concerns the bottom note, d1. It must be a mistake – cf. the text of AI and bars 13 and 73 – caused by a tendency to place marks, e.g. accents, staccato dots, slurs or certain ornaments ( and ) on the side of noteheads. In the case of ornaments and slurs, it can change their meaning, thus leading to a mistake, as is the case here (see also, e.g. the Polonaise in F minor, Op. 44, bar 10).
There is a similar situation in bars 7, 71 and 75.

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b. 7

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

 over d2 in AI & GE3

 under b in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)
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As in bar 5, the  having been placed under b resulted from a routine revision of FE (→EE,GE1→GE2). The misleading notation was corrected only just in GE3.

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b. 71

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

 over a in AI & GE3

 under f1 in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)
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As in bar 5 and 7, the mordent having been placed under the f1-a1 third in FE must be a mistake, corrected only in GE3. The correct notation is also in AI.

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b. 75

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

 over d2 in AI & GE3

 under b in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)
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As in bar 5 (and 71), the  mordent having been placed under b resulted from a routine revision of FE (→EE,GE1→GE2). The misleading version was corrected only just in GE3.

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b. 79

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

Arpeggio sign in AI

Acciaccatura in FE (→EEW)

Appoggiatura in GE & EEC

Our suggestion
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Taking into account the fact that in AI each third bar of the thematic eight-bar section (bars 3, 11, 71 and 79) always includes an arpeggio, while in the editions three out of four of these places, it seems almost certain that its absence here in FE resulted from an oversight. Due to the above, we give it directly in the main text.

The change of the short grace note to a long one in GE and EEC is a manner of the engravers of these editions – see the further note in this bar.

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