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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
EE1
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. 137

A short accent in A (→GE→FE→EE)

Our proposition

The accent that can be seen in A (→GE→FE→EE) must be considered a short one. However, if we compare that bar with bars 121, 127 and 133, in which A clearly has long accents, we begin to suspect that the accent mark may have been written by Chopin in a hasty and inaccurate manner. 

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category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Long accents

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: The University of Chicago Library, Chicago