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

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 24

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

Slur from c in FE (→GE1,EE)

Slur from b in GE2 (→GE3)

Slur from b in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the initial, one-part writing of the quaver group preserved in GE – see the adjacent note – in GE2 (→GE3) it was also the beginning of the slur that was elevated in order for it to encompass the top note of the 1st quaver, b, too.

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issues: GE revisions

b. 27

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

2 staccato dots in FE (→GE1,→EEW)

3 staccato dots in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we add a staccato dot under the a1 quaver after a comparison with bar 19, which was performed also by GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 32

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

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In GE3 a cautionary  was added here to b in the L.H., which, however, seems unnecessary in this context.

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issues: GE revisions

b. 34-38

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

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In GE the notation of the rhythm in bars 34 and 38 was clarified by adding rests under the e-a minims. A failed attempt at the clarification of voice leading was also undertaken in EEW – these minims were written in two-part writing, which, at best, obscured the picture, since the top voice includes 3 crotchets, while the alleged bottom one – four. In the main text we keep the original version of FE. 

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issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 39

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

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In GE1, in the version with 4 flats in the key signature, there is no  lowering G to G. It is most probably an oversight by the engraver of this edition, although it cannot be ruled out that the accidental in FE1 was added only just in the last stage of proofreading. The flat was added in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions