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Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

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b. 12

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

Slur end in A

 Slur end in GE (→FE→EE)
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Despite the fairly unambiguous notation of A, in GE (→FE→EE) the end of the slur was placed earlier, above the second quaver b1. Cf. the note to bar 6.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 13

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

in A

GE (→FE→EE),  più in GE
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In all the first editions the indication forte was replaced with the symbol . Also, the accent in più is missing in A and FE (→EE). Similar inaccuracies and changes appear in the analogous bar 45.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 14

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

A wedge in A

A dot in GE (→FE→EE)
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The sign that was clearly a wedge in A was reproduced as a dot in GE (→FE→EE). See the characteristics of GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 15-19

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

Long accents in A

Short accents in GE (→FE→EE)
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In A, the accents on the 3rd beat in bars 15 and 19 are clearly longer than the remaining accents in bars 13-20. In GE (→FE→EE) that difference was considered insignificant.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 15-19

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

Accents in A (→GE2→GE3)

One accent in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Our suggestion
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In bars 15 and 19, A has accents on the 2nd beat of the bar. Both marks are drawn with a lighter stroke of the pen than the remaining accents in bars 13-20, which may indicate that they had been entered earlier. This hypothesis finds confirmation in the notation of A in analogous bars 47, 51, 99 and 103, in which accents on the 2nd beat were removed, probably after the accents on the third beat in bars 45-52 and 97-104 were entered. In this situation we consider it very probable that leaving the accents in bars 15 and 19 is the result of Chopin's oversight when correcting A. It cannot be entirely ruled out that the lack of an accent on the 2nd beat in bar 19 is the result of Chopin's correction in GE1 (→FE→EE), although the adding of the sign in GE2 (→GE3) seems to contradict that possibility. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of GE , Omitted correction of an analogous place