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

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b. 5-7

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

Lower register of accompaniment in FE1 (→GE)

Higher register of accompaniment in FE2 (→EEW)
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The authenticity of the change of position of the accompanying chords and the bass register introduced in FE2 (→EE) is unquestionable. In a later version Chopin polished up the sequence of 3 voices contained in chords in the tenor and alto register and avoided a parallel shift of chords (G major→C minor) between bars 7 and 8.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Bass register changes

b. 7

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 by GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 13

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

g-b-e1 in FE1 (→GE)

f-b-e1 in FE2 (→EEW)
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Chopin changed the lowest note of the accompaniment chords in this bar from g to f while proofreading FE2 (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 23

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

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In GE3 a cautionary  to b1 was added here.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 24

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

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In FE (→EE) there is a  to the d quaver. As notes at this pitch are not subject to any alterations both before and after (until bar 32), in the main text we remove the unnecessary accidental. An identical revision was performed also by GE. According to us, the  may be a remaining element of the initial version of this motif, with d as the first quaver. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Enharmonic corrections