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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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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. 128

A very probable long accent in A

 No accent mark in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Possibly a short accent in A (→GE2→GE3)

The type of accent used by Chopin in A is not quite obvious, yet both its shape and the comparison with analogous bars (120 and 122) clearly point to a long accent. In GE1 (→FE→EE) the accent was omitted and in GE2 (→GE3) a short one was added. 

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See b. 119

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents, Errors in GE

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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