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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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b. 21-27

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

 in A and GE2 (→GE3)

 in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The   marks in bars 22-23 and 27, entered in A after the 3rd crotchet (at the end of the bar) are placed under the 3rd crotchet in GE1 (→FE→EE). In GE2 (→GE3) they were shifted in order to better reflect the notation of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 21

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

dolce in A
 
 
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In GE1 (→FE) Chopin's indication dolce was abbreviated to dol. What is more, in all the editions it was placed - unlike in A – between the staves .

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Abbreviated indications

b. 21

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

Pedalling in A, GE2 (→GE3) and EE3

Pedalling in GE1

No pedalling in FE (→EE1→EE2)
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In the main text we give the pedalling of A and #Wn2 (→GE3). In GE1, the pedal up marking  was placed under the 3rd crotchet of the bar, against the notation of A but in line with the tendency to adjust all the elements of the notation to rhythmic structures. In FE (→EE1→EE2) the pedalling was omitted. The missing pedal markings were supplemented in EE3 in the version consistent with A. Cf. bars. 22-27.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 21

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

Absence of any sign in A (→GE1→FE→EE)

A dot added in GE2 (→GE3)
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In GE2 (→GE3), a staccato dot was arbitrarily added under the 1st note. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 23

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

A staccato dot in  A and GE2 (→GE3)

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

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Wedges