mUltimate Chopin

Op. 30 No. 1, Mazurka in C minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FC

b. 17-19

composition: Op. 30 No. 1, Mazurka in C minor

No marks in FE (→EE)

Long accents in FC

Short accents in GE
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Chopin added the long accents in bars 17 and 19 in FC. In GE they were reproduced as medium marks, which we interpret as short – see bar 1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 18

composition: Op. 30 No. 1, Mazurka in C minor

No sign in FE (→EE)

in FC

 in GE
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In the main text we give the  hairpin entered most probably by Chopin into FC. We consider the top arm to be reliable, corresponding to the range of an analogous mark in bar 26. In GE the mark was led to the c2 quaver ending the bar, which suggests a longer crescendo than the one resulting from the Chopinesque entry.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 21

composition: Op. 30 No. 1, Mazurka in C minor

in FC (→GE)

No sign in FE (→EE)
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The  hairpin was entered into FC (→GE) by Chopin – cf. the hairpin in the previous bar, which was copied by Fontana from [A].

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 23

composition: Op. 30 No. 1, Mazurka in C minor

No indication in FE (→EE)

in FC (→GE)
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The  indication could have been entered into FC by Chopin or overlooked by the engraver of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 24-25

composition: Op. 30 No. 1, Mazurka in C minor

No markings in FE (→EE)

Slur & dot in FC (→GE)
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The slur and staccato dot were most probably added to FC by Chopin (together with the pedal marks in this bar), and we include them as such in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC