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

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 57

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

g-c1-e in FE (→EEW)

No c1 in GE
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The missing c1 notes in GE is probably an oversight by the engraver of FE, repeated after the proof copy of FE1, in the finished FE1 corrected by Chopin in the last stage of proofreading. Such a mistake is much more likely when reading a Chopinesque autograph than a printed version – cf., e.g. the Etude in G, Op. 10 No. 5, bar 15, the Etude in E, Op. 10 No. 11, bar 43 or the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, II mov., bar 41.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE , Uncertain notes on ledger lines

b. 62

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

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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.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions

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. 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