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Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

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b. 21

composition: Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

G & E in As, contextual interpretation

E & E in As
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In As, the accompanying voices are not written down, which we interpret as a repetition of the version of the analogous bar 17. However, it is not entirely certain whether it was a signal "as before" or just "like before". For this reason, we discuss independently the accompanying voices not specified in As, and the written out melodic voice.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 22

composition: Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

 in As & GE3

No mark in FE (→GE1,GE2,→EEW)

Our variant suggestion
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The missing mordent in FE (→EEW,GE1→GE2) is most probably an oversight, which is indicated by the presence of  in As and by a comparison with analogous bars 18, 26 and 30. The mordent was added in GE3, most probably to standardise the version of these 4 bars. In the main text we suggest it in a variant form.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 22-23

composition: Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

c1 repeated in As

c1 tied in FE (→GE,EE)
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It is possible that the lack of tie to c1 in As is just an inaccuracy of the sketch notation. However, the version of analogous bars 30-31, in which c1 is repeated in all sources, suggests the correctness of the As notation, and therefore, the existence of a real original version of this detail.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 22-24

composition: Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

As, earlier version, contextual interpretation

As, later version, contextual interpretation

FE (→GE,EE)
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Chopin at least twice changed the harmonic sequence in bars 22-23. The provided interpretations of two versions of the 3rd crotchet in bar 22 and of the top note of the 1st crotchet in bar 23 are to some extent uncertain due to not having access to the original. In the earlier one, there are no naturals to the d notes, yet the intention of using them is unquestionable – As contains more deficiencies of this nature, e.g. in bars 23-24, in which there is not a single  to the d(1) notes. The chord used in the earlier version was applied by Chopin in the repetition of this phrase in bar 30. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes

b. 23

composition: Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

Crotchet & 2 quavers in As & FE1 (→GE)

Dotted crotchet & quaver in FE2 (→EEW)
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Chopin performed changes to the R.H. bottom voice while proofreading FE2 (→EEW), giving it an analogous form to bar 31.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE