mUltimate Chopin

Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

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Main text
A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French Edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English Edition
EE2 - Second impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 86-87

The musical term in A

The position of the term altered in GE (→FE→EE)

The beginning of poco ritenuto in A falls more or less above the 3rd crotchet of bar 86. In GE (→FE→EE) that indication was placed earlier, at the beginning of the bar, which certainly does not agree with Chopin's intention. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

notation: Verbal indications

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