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Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 30

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

No hairpins in A (→GE→FE→EE)

The editors' proposition
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Comparison with analogous bars  22, 26 and 34 reveals that the omission of hairpins   in A (→GE→FE→EE) may be due to Chopin's inattention. Therefore we suggest adding the mark. 

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b. 30

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

A possible reading of   in A

A probable reading of   in A

GE (→FE→EE)
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The extent of the hairpin mark  in A is unclear; the lower arms reaches the 3rd beat of the bar, while the upper one only the second beat. We consider the upper arm to be a reliable indication, and we give that length in the main text. In GE (→FE→EE) the mark is even shorter, which definitely fails to reflect Chopin's intention.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 31

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

 in A (→GE2→GE3)

GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The extent of the hairpin mark  in A may give rise to certain doubts due to inexact alignment of the L.H. part under the R.H. part. The engraver of GE1 (→FE→EE) probably matched the beginning of the hairpin with the L.H. crotchets, which was an evident mistake later corrected in GE2 (→GE3). Applied to the R.H., the hairpin mark in A doubtless refers to the quaver figure on the 3rd beat of the bar, despite the fact that it begins a little earlier. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Unclear hairpins in A

b. 33

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

A dot in A (→GE→FE)

No dot in EE
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The missing staccato dot for F in EE is doubtless an error. Cf. bars 21-24.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 34

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

 in A (→GE2→GE3)

GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The extent of the hairpins   in A is very clear. Nonetheless, in GE1 (→FE→EE) the mark was stretched over the entire bar. That inaccuracy was corrected in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins