mUltimate Chopin

Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
Main text
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
compare
  b. 127

A probable long accent in A

A possible short accent in A (→GE→FE→EE)

The accent type that Chopin used in this bar is not obvious. There are more arguments, both graphic and musical, for the long accent option.  GE (→FE→EE)  all have short accents.

Compare the passage in the sources »

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

Go to the music

.