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Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

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b. 65-66

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

Shorter slur in FE1, literal reading

Longer slur in FE2 (→EEW) & GE
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The fact that the slur was not continued after the transition to a new line in FE1 is almost certainly an oversight, corrected – probably by Chopin – in FE2 (→EEW). The mistake was also noticed and corrected in GE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 66

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

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In GE a crotchet rest was added, filling the 1st beat of the bar in the bottom R.H. voice. Filling the entire bar with rhythmic values of all the written-down voices, advisable in preparing ensemble music scores, is not a priority in the case of piano music performed by one person, hence Chopin would very often omit such filling rests. Due to the above, in the main text we keep the original version of FE (→EEW).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 67-70

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

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The sustention of the g1 crotchet in bar 67 and of the c1 crotchet in bar 69 to the next bar was marked in the sources with extension dots placed at the beginning of bars 68 and 70, respectively. We reproduce this version, which was already obsolescent back then, only in the graphic transcription (the version 'transcript'). In EE it was replaced by a version with ties, which we also introduce in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions

b. 67

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to f2, as it was performed in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 69

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

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In FE1 the crotchet on the 1st beat of the bar in the R.H. is a f1, not g1. This patent mistake in the theme melody was corrected already in FE2 (→EEW) and in GE (irrespectively).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , FE revisions