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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
A
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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The indication a tempo is written at the beginning of the bar in A. In GE1 (→FE) it is placed over the 2nd beat of the bar, which introduces the suggestion of a delay in the return to the tempo, unintended by Chopin. In EE that indication was placed between the staves. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, Inaccuracies in GE

notation: Verbal indications

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