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Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

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p. 1, b. 1-28
p. 1, b. 1-28
p. 2, b. 29-56
p. 3, b. 57-88
p. 4, b. 89-120
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FE - French edition
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FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English Edition
EE2 - Second impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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GE - German edition
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FES - Stirling copy
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  b. 24

 in A (→GE2→GE3)

An accent in GE1 (→FE→EE)

In A, the dynamic mark    in bar 24 is so short that in GE1 (→FE→EE) it was mistook for an accent. However, what contradicts that interpretation is the placement of that mark in A: it is entered after the note, which is hardly ever found for accents in Chopin's autographs (a very similar sign in bar 36 was read in GE as diminuendo hairpins). GE2 (→GE3) have   here.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents, Inaccuracies in GE

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins