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Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

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b. 5

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

f1 in A (→GE)

e1 in FE (→EE)
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When proofing FE, Chopin changed the top note of the first chord in the L.H. from f1 to e1. This is the first change of the accompaniment in the course of this Mazurka (cf. bar 89, and also for instance bar 7 and analog. or bar 57).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

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. 6

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

A possible reading of the slur in A (→GE→FE→EE)

The slur of A interpreted in context
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The extent of the slur in this bar in A is not clear. As slurs reaching grace notes are used only in exceptional cases, the slur in A may be interpreted as reaching the 2nd quaver or the crotchet on the 2nd beat of the bar. The comparison of all the 12 analogous bars point to the latter possibility. In GE (→FE→EE), the former solution was adopted.

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

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 6

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

A wedge in A

A dot in GE (→FE→EE)
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The staccato mark from A was rendered in GE (→FE>EE) as a dot. In the editors' opinion,  interpreting that mark as a wedge is much more justified, the arguments being its shape (despite its small size it is a line clearly standing out from among the surrounding dots) and the presence of unmistakable wedges in the analogous bars 12, 44, 90, 94 and 96.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Wedges

b. 7-11

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

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A bears traces of corrections made in the 1st  crotchet of the L.H. in bars 7 (erasure)  and 11 (crossing-out). In bar 11, Chopin replaced the chord f-a-d1 with the third d1-f1. Traces of his intervention in bar 7, although less clear, also point to the same change. A corresponding correction was also introduced by the composer in all the analogous bars: 39, 43, 91 and 95.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Accompaniment changes