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Op. 63 No. 1, Mazurka in B major

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Issues : Omission of current key accidentals

b. 24

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

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AI has neither  lowering b1 to b1 nor  lowering g1 to g1. The latter is also absent from EEC.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A

b. 51

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

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to b, as it was performed in GE3. The accidental is also in AI, perhaps by mistake, since it does not include the necessary  lowering a to a. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Omission of current key accidentals , Accidental below/above the note , Last key signature sign

b. 58-60

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

d in AI, FE2 (→EE) & GE

d in AI, FE2 (→EE) & GE

d in FE1

d after FE1
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The version of FE1 is almost certainly a mistake by Chopin, which is proven by the compliant version of AI and FE2 (→EE), proofread by Chopin. The mistake was most probably caused by the fact that in [A] the notation with a 5-sharp key signature (as in AI) was replaced with the notation with a 3-sharp key signature. In the discussed four-bar section, kept in the key of C major, it was necessary to add sharps to d and a notes, which Chopin apparently did not do, since these are the accidentals that are missing in FE1 (see also the last note in the next bar).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE , Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 59

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

A in AI, FE2 (→EE) & GE3

A in AI, FE2 (→EE) & GE3

A in FE1 (→GE1→GE2)

A after FE1 (→GE1→GE2)
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As was the case with d/d in bars 58-60, 62 and 63, the version of FE1 with A on the last quaver in the bar is almost certainly erroneous. Chopin did not include in the notation the necessary  after the change of the key signature in bar 33, which is proven by the compliance of the versions (written down differently) of AI and FE2 (→EE), which was proofread by Chopin. The version of FE1 was repeated in GE1 (→GE2), while the  added in GE3 was most probably drawn from FE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE