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b. 106

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

A less probable reading of the accent in A (→GE); GE3
 

 No accent mark in FE (→EE1→EE2)
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The accent under the 1st note of the bar in A should, in our opinion, be considered a long one. In GE it was reproduced as a short accent, which is hardly surprising in this case.  In FE (→EE1→EE2) the mark was omitted, probably by accident. It reappeared in EE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 106

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

A short accent in A (→GE→FE)

A long accent in EE
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The short accent of A (→GE→FE) was read as a long one in EE. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies

b. 106

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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We add a cautionary  before a flat1. The sign was also added in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 106-108

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

3 short accents in EE & GE

Accents in GC, more likely reading

Accents in GC, less likely reading

2 long accents in FE
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On the basis of extant sources it is difficult to determine whether Chopin wanted to have long or short accents here. In GC, the accents are quite large, yet clearly shorter than those appearing earlier, in bars 92-96 and 99-102. Moving the accents between the staves in GE makes us think that also in EE the accent placement does not necessarily match the notation of the manuscript that served as the base text for it. Lack of any accent in bar 107 in FE is definitely an error. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 106

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

g1 tied in A (→EE)

g1 repeated in GC (→GE) (possible interpretation of A)

Three g1 in FE1

f1 in FE2 (→FE3)
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In the main text we give the version of FE2 (→FE3), corrected by Chopin. However, it is not clear whether the composer's resignation from the version of A was final at the time of performing this correction, as the proofreading concerned a slightly different, undoubtedly erroneous version of FE1. The interpretation of A is also uncertain – the tie sustaining g1, repeated in EE, is perhaps deleted, as it was probably understood in FE1 and GC (→GE). Both interpretations of A may be considered as variants. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Deletions in A , Authentic corrections of FE