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Op. 63 No. 2, Mazurka in F minor

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b. 1-28

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

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As is a typical sketch – without title, key signature, without any performance indications except a slur from the grace note to the d2 crotchet in bar 41 and perhaps a staccato dot over this crotchet. We do not consider these deficiencies to be variants, since they are simply a feature of the 'sketchy' nature of this manuscript. We discuss the deviations from the final pitch and rhythmic text in notes concerning particular places.
What is more, on a number of occasions, the notation is abridged or incomplete – repeated L.H. chords are written down as stems without noteheads; repeating sections are indicated only by the melodic voice (bars 27-32), while the return of the first section of the Mazurka (from bar 42) was marked with a zigzag meaning 'and so on and so forth'. There are also quite many omissions of accidentals. We reproduce such notation only in the graphic transcription (version 'transcript'). In the content transcription we fill in all these abbreviations, which, in terms of pitch and rhythm, leads to a version that is close to the published text (especially in the outermost sections). 

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b. 16

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

Double bar line in As, FE (→EEW)

Single bar line in GE
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Taking into account the fact that a double bar line is already in As, the version of GE is probably an arbitrary revision or a mistake.

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issues: GE revisions

b. 42-56

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

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In As, the return of the first part of the Mazurka (from the 2nd quaver of bar 42) was only marked with a zigzag meaning "and so on". We reproduce this spelling only in graphic transcription ("transcription" version). In the content transcription, we repeat the text deciphered in bars 2-16, replacing only the last chord of bar 56 (=16) with a crotchet rest.

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