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

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 62

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

No  in FE

 on the 3rd beat of the bar in GE2 (→GE3)

 before 3rd beat of the bar in EEW

Our variant suggestion
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In GE and EEW the absence of  in FE was considered a mistake, and two pedal release moments were suggested – after the 2nd beat in EEW and on the 3rd beat in GE. In the main text we suggest an even longer pedal; however, we leave the final decision concerning the pedalling in this fragment to the performer.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , No pedal release mark

b. 63

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

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In EEW a cautionary  was added to f in the L.H., which seems superfluous in this harmonic context.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 65

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

No mark in FE (→GE1)

 in GE2 (→GE3) & EEW
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If we were to take into account the pedalling of the entire Mazurka, the absence of  in FE (→GE1) must be considered an oversight. It was added in GE2 (→GE3) and EEW.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , No pedal release mark

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. 71-72

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

Slur in b. 71 in FE (literal reading →GE1,EEW)

2 slurs in GE2 (→GE3), contextual interpretation

Continuous slur suggested by the editors
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The slur starting in bar 71 in FE suggests that it should be continued, which is not confirmed by the beginning of bar 72 (in a new line), in which there is no slur. It is difficult to say whether it was also the case for [A], or whether this version resulted from the engraver's carelessness. In GE1 and EEW the slur of FE was interpreted literally, thus encompassing only two notes in bar 71. However, a comparison with bars 59-60 points to a slur reaching the e2 minim as the right one, which we give in the main text. In GE2 (→GE3) a slur was added in bar 72; however, its compliance with the slur in bar 71 was not ensured – the slur starts from the 1st quaver and runs under the notes.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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