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Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

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b. 29-56

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

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As is a typical sketch, practically devoid of performance instructions – the only exception is the slur connecting the grace note with the 1st crotchet of bar 41 and perhaps a staccato dot above this crotchet. We do not treat the lack of markings as variants, as they are only a feature of the sketchy nature of this manuscript.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

b. 30-31

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

c1 repeated in As & FE (→EEW,GE1→GE2)

c1 tied in GE3
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The tie to c1 was added in GE3 probably by analogy with bars 22-23. The Chopinesque fingering in FES confirms that c1 should be played in bar 31.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 44

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

Slur to c2 in FE (→GE,EE)

Slur to f2 suggested by the editors
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For the reasons indicated in the note to bar 4, in the main text we suggest extending the slur to the end of the phrase.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 45-46

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

Slur from quaver in b. 45 in FE, contextual interpretation

Slur from f2 in b. 46 in GE & EEW
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In FE, bar 46 is the first in a new line of text, and the phrase mark begins there simultaneously with the continuation of the tie to f2. This suggests that this slur is also a continuation of a slur from the previous bar, but at the end of bar 45 there is only the beginning of the tie. Both in GE and EEW the slur begins from the first quaver in bar 46, but it is possible that Chopin wanted to lead the slur from the moment the note is struck, i.e. from the f2 quaver in bar 45. We consider this interpretation to be text of FE and we accept it in the main text.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 48-49

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

c1 repeated in As & GE

c1 tied in FE (→EEW)
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The main text comes from FE (→EEW). From a source point of view, there are no grounds to question the version of FE – see the note on bars 8-9. On the other hand, such a non-played grace note is highly unusual for Chopin, hence, taking into account a possible mistake in the version of FE, we consider the version of GE, analogous to bars 8-9, an acceptable variant.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions