GE2 - Second German edition


Publisher: Breitkopf & Härtel
Date: ca 1862
Plate number: 7714
Title: Trois Mazourkas
Dedication: Madame la Comtesse Laure Czosnowska

A number of adjustments were made in GE2:

  • the unclear slur in bars 16-17 has been clarified,
  • the slur was shortened at the turn of bars 20-21,  probably due to the shortening of the slur in bars 16-17,
  • the slur was moved in bar 24,
  • added staccato dot in bar 27,
  •  moved to bar 31,
  • added cautionary  at B in bar 60,
  • signs of pedal release, which were already overlooked in FE, were added in bars 62 and 65,
  • a slur was added in bar 72, although it was not compatible with the slur in bar 71,
  • pedaling added in bars 72-74.

Some of the above adjustments seem to be accurate, e.g. adding a staccato dot in bar 27 or a natural in bar 60. Completing oversights and omissions (pedal markings in bars 62, 65 and 72-74 or a slur in bar 72) also was certainly advisable, but according to the editors, the solutions proposed by the reviser are mostly inapt, as are shifted slurs in bars 16-17, 20-21, 24 or a displaced pedal release sign in bar 31.

This edition corrects some mistakes made in GE1:

  • added were missing pedal release signs in bars 3-4,
  • the unclear slur in bars 16-17 has been clarified,
  • added was an overlooked  sign in bar 17.

At the same time, several obvious errors have not been corrected, including: the lack of slurs in bars 22-23 or the omission of restoring d2 in bar 49. There are also new mistakes in the text:

  • the slur in bar 32 was shortened,
  • a staccato dot was overlooked in bar 75.
Original in: Biblioteka Narodowa, Warsaw
Shelf-mark: Mus.III.87.473