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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description

Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 29-33

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

 in AI

Long accents in A and GE2

Long accents in GE1 (→FE)

Different accents in EE
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A has long accents below the triplets on the 2nd beat in bars 29 & 33. In GE1 (→FE→EE) accents were placed over the R.H. part (a shorter sign in EE certainly reflects an inaccurate accent in FE). In GE2 the notation of A was reinstated, which we also accept as our main text. In AI bars 29 & 33 are notated as a repetition of bars 5 & 9, which have  below the L.H. chords on beat 2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies

b. 29

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

in AI

 in A

 in GE (→FE→EE)
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In bars 29 and 33 in AI and GE1 (FE→EE), the asterisk mark  is placed under the 3rd crotchet of the bar, while in A it is situated towards the end of the bar. In GE2 there were attempts to correct the notation of GE1, but they were inaccurate. We base our main text on A.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 33

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

in AI and GE1 (→FE→EE); possible reading of GE2

in A

GE2, literal reading
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 34-35

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

No mark in AI

 in A

 in GE (→FE)

 in EE
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We give sign in the main text according to A. In GE (→FE) the sign is reproduced somewhat inaccurately, and in EE it is yet shortened. In AI, as in bar 11, there is no hairpin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , EE inaccuracies

b. 36-38

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

No pedal marks in AI

in A, literal reading

in A, contextual interpretation

 in GE1 (→FE)

in EE

 in GE2
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 A  has the asterisks  written at the end of those bars, although the mark in bar 37, when read literally, falls under the 3rd crotchet.  In GE1 (→FE) all the three marks are placed under the 3rd crotchet. In EE, the notation of FE in bars 37-38 was reproduced inaccurately, evidently due to graphic difficulties (pedalling for the last line, from bar 37, was written between the staves). In GE2 attempts were probably made to reproduce the notation of A, yet the effect of the changes  in bar 36, and particularly in bar. 38, is unclear.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Placement of markings , EE inaccuracies