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Op. 30 No. 1, Mazurka in C minor

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b. 34

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

Dashes till b. 34 in FC (→GE)

Dashes till b. 33 in FE (→EE)
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It is only FC (→GE) that indicates that the diminuendo should be continued to the end of bar 34 – the dashes marking the range of the indication in FE end in bar 33. It is difficult to say how this difference (of minor importance) came into being; in the main text we give the version of the principal source, that is FC.

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b. 37

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

in tempo in FE

No indication in FC (→GE)

a tempo in EE
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The in tempo indication was most probably added as part of the Chopinesque proofreading of FE. A possible oversight by the copyist seems less likely, since a similar difference appears twice more in the Mazurka in C minor No. 4 (bars 41 and 57). The change of preposition from in to a was an arbitrary decision of the engraver/reviser of EE. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 37-45

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

,, in FC (→GE)

No markings in FE (→EE)
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The dynamic markings at the beginning of the subsequent four-bar sections (bars 37, 41 and 45) were entered into FC probably by Chopin, although the question of whose hand wrote them in raises similar doubts as in bars 5-13.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FC