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Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 1

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

Mazourek with no dedication in AI

3 Mazurkas in FE

Trois Mazourkas in GE

Souvenirs de la Pologne in EEW

Mazurka in EEC
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Dedications , GE revisions

b. 3-13

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

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In the main text we add cautionary naturals to e1 at the beginning of bars 3 and 5 and to e2 at the beginning of bars 11 and 13. The first pair of accidentals was also added in GE2 (→GE3), the second – in EEW and GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 4-5

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

Short slur in AI

Longer slur from third in FE (→GE,EEC)

Longer slur from g in EEW
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 5-6

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

Longer slur in AI & FE (contextual interpretation→GE,EE)

Shorter slur in FE (literal reading)
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The fact that the slur is not continued in a new line in FE is most probably an oversight by the engraver, and it was interpreted as such in the remaining editions. A longer slur is also present in AI, which allows us to recognise this version as the only one intended by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 55-56

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

Tie in AI & EEW

No tie in FE (→GE,EEC)
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The missing tie to f in FE is almost certainly an oversight (by the engraver or by Chopin in [A]). In EEW a revision was performed, probably on the basis of a comparison with bars 57-60 and 61-64, in which both g and c1 are sustained for 4 bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE