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b. 5

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

in AI

Without  in A

 in GE (→FE→EE)

Our suggestion
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A has no pedal release mark in this bar. A comparison with the concurrent version in all analogous bars (9, 29 & 33) lets us regard this lack as a mistake. In the main text, in keeping with the A notation in these bars we supplement the  mark at the end of bar. In GE1 (→FE→EE) the asterisk was added under a rest, in accordance to a rule applied by GE in the entire opus. It is probably an editor's revision although Chopin's correction cannot be completely ruled out.

The mark's placement in AI is not quite clear— falls under the R.H. quaver g1 but before the rest in the L.H. We take the latter relation as authoritative.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 5

composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

The double bar line in A (→GE2→GE3)

The single bar line in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The double bar line that can be seen in A was omitted from GE1 (→FE→EE). As no traces of correcting are visible, this is most probably a mistake. The double bar line was restored in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 5

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

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We add a cautionary flat next to b - like in AG (→CY).

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 5

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

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In F, the 1st beat in the L.H. was extended to a dotted minim. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 5-6

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No slur in EE

Slur in GC (→GE)

Slur in FE
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The slur in GC (→GE), embracing the entire bar 5, is probably imprecise – cf. the slur of the upper voice and a similar situation in bars 13-14. This is probably due to misunderstanding the notation of the autograph (not very precise itself) by the copyist. In the main text we give the slur of FE. The notation of EE (no slur above the lower staff) may be regarded as the original revision of the slurring of that motif (similarly in bars 13-14).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC