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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
GE1
Main text
A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Later impression of GE2
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Second impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 23

A staccato dot in  A and GE2 (→GE3)

Without any articulation sign in GE1 (→FE→EE)

In A it is not quite clear which of the staccato signs Chopin had in mind: a dot or a wedge. In our view, a dot is much more likely. The sign was omitted from GE1 (→FE→EE), and put back in GE2 (→GE3).

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See b. 6

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE, Wedges

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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