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Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

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Issues : Terzverschreibung error

b. 72

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

Quaver g in AI

Semiquaver b in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

Semiquaver g in GE3
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The g note present in AI and in all analogous bars 4, 12 and 80 and in bars 2, 10, 70 and 78 proves that we are most probably dealing with a Terzverschreibung in FE. The b note featured in this edition does not raise any doubts in terms of harmony – B or b notes are present in chords on the 2nd beat of the bar in the majority of analogous bars – as a result of which they were repeated in almost all subsequent editions. The exception is GE3, in which – most probably on the basis of a comparison with analogous bars – g was introduced, and this is the version we adopt to the main text.
The AI quaver having been replaced by a semiquaver in the published version – see bar 70.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions , Dotted or even rhythm

b. 72

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

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Terzverschreibung error

b. 76

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

a-c1 in AI, FE (→EE) & GE3

c1-e1 in GE1 (→GE2)
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The version of GE1 (→GE2) is a remaining element of a Terzverschreibung committed by the engraver of FE1, which was corrected in the last stage of proofreading in the finished FE; however, through the proof copy serving as the basis for GE1, it found its way to this edition (in FE one can see traces of corrections of this mistake). In GE3 the correct text was most probably drawn from FE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE