mUltimate Chopin

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

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Issues : Terzverschreibung error

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)
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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.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions