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b. 8

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

No pedalling in AI

Pedalling in A

GE (→FE→EE)
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In AI, there are no pedal marks here. In practice it certainly means that the pedalling given before in analogous bar 4 should be used (this kind of economic notation is not an exception in Chopin's music, cf. e.g. Impromptu in A Op. 29, bars 1-2, 5-6 & 19-20). GE (→FE→EE) inaccurately reproduced the position of the pedal release asterisk—it was placed under the 3rd LH crotchet even though it appears earlier in A. Such imprecision was also repeated in analogous bars 28 & 32.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 8

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

 AI has no dot

A dot in A (→GE→FE→EE)
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AI does not have a staccato dot for A flat, although a dot is present in the analogous bar 4. A (→GE→FE→EE) all have staccato here. Similarly in bar 32.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 8-12

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

No slur in A (→GE1→FE→EE)

A tiny slur in GE2 (→GE3)
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In GE2 (→GE3), small slurs were arbitrarily added in bars 8, 10 and 12 connecting grace notes with the crotchets that follow them. We omit those conventional signs from the main text. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 8

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

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 8-22

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

 in FE (→EE) & GE

Our variant suggestion
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The moment of pedal depression at the transition between bars 8-9 and analogous bars is not marked in the uniform manner in the sources –  appears at the beginning of bars 9 and 13, but at the end of bar 22. Similar differences occur further on in the text as well. Even if we assume that this was the result of inaccurately notating or reading autographs, it is difficult to determine without seeing those autographs which notation complies with Chopin's intentions  As in each one of those places both versions make sense, in the main text we propose the variant solution everywhere, in which the mark without brackets indicates the version that is recommended from the practical point of view. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions