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b. 18-19

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

Possible reading of the slur of A (→GEFEEE)

Possible reading of the slur of A (→GEFEEE)

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The slur of A may be read in two ways that are practically equal in validity. In GE (→FEEE) the version with a shorter slur was assumed. Cf. bars 50-51 and 112-113.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 18-19

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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A bears traces of corrections of the L.H. part in those bars. One can be almost certain that originally bar 18 began with the crotchet , other changes - on the 2nd beat of bar 18 and at the beginning of bar 19 - are more difficult to decipher. 

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 19

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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In A (→GE1), cautionary flats are entered before the octave g flat2-g flat3. In FE (→EE) they were removed, and the flats added before the octave a flat2-a flat3. Such a notation coincides with our editorial assumptions. In GE2 (→GE3) flats were also added before a flat2-a flat3, yet the accidental before g flat2-g flat3 were not removed.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 19

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

A long accent in A

A short accent in GE (→FE)

No accent mark in EE

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A long accent of A was reproduced as a short one in GE (→FE); EE does not have any accent mark here. The comparison with the analogous bars, but first of all the pedalling added by Chopin in FE, make us consider the notation of A to be inaccurate in this case.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Long accents

b. 19

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

Pedalling in A and GE2 (→GE3)

No pedal marks in GE1

Pedalling of FE

 not found in EE

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The whole-bar pedalling of A was omitted in GE1 (and restored back in GE2 and GE3 in accordance with A). When proofing FE Chopin restored pedalling in that bar, yet he placed the asterisk  earlier than in A, before the 3rd beat of the bar. We consider this to be his final decision. In EE  the   mark was omitted.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of FE