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b. 60

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

In the main text we add a cautionary to B, as it was performed in GE2 (→GE3) and EEW.

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b. 62

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

In FE there is no raising f¹ to f¹ in the L.H. chord. The mistake, probably present already in [A], remained unnoticed, in spite of several proofreading rounds of FE. However, it was corrected both in GE and EEW. In the main text we add a cautionary to a.

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b. 63

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

Chord g-c¹-e¹ in FE (→EEW) & GE3)

Octave g-g¹ in GE1 (→GE2)

The version of GE1 (→GE2) with a pianistically awkward and sonically unjustified cluster of g¹ notes played by both hands must be erroneous. However, it is difficult to say how such a serious mistake could have happened when reproducing printed text. The mUltimate Chopin editors believe the following scenario to be most likely: in the proof copy of FE1 serving as the basis for GE this crotchet consisted of two notes, g-e¹, which was changed in the finished FE1, as a result of which it became a three-note chord, and in GE1 it was reproduced with a Terzverschreibung as an octave. The mistake was noticed and corrected in GE3, almost certainly on the basis of a comparison with FE.