mUltimate Chopin

Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
Select: 
Category
All
Graphic ambiguousness
Interpretations within context
Differences between sources
Editorial revisions
Corrections & alterations
Source & stylistic information
Notation
All
Pitch
Rhythm
Slurs
Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
Verbal indications
Pedalling
Fingering
Ornaments
Shorthand & other
Importance
All
Important
Main
Undo Clear

b. 5

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

A long accent in A

A short accent in GE (→FE→EE)
..

A long accent at the beginning of the bar is very clear in A, having a characteristic shape and a typical size. Nevertheless, a short accent was printed in GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 5-17

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

 marks in A

GE1 (→FE→EE)

GE2 (→GE3)
..

In bars 5, 7, 9 and 13, 15 & 17 in GE1 (→FE→EE) the  marks were placed under the 3rd crotchet. This contradicts the notation of A, in which those asterisks were placed earlier, more or less in the middle of the bar. In GE2 (→GE3) the marks were moved even further towards the end of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 5

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

A staccato dot in A

The dot missing in  GE (→FE→EE)
..

The lack of the dot in GE (→FE→EE) is probably due to oversight on the part of the engraver. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 6

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

..

Due to the graphic layout, we add dashes linking  poco a poco with the cresc. in the next line.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 6-8

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

A minim in A (→GE)

A dotted minim in FE (→EE)
..

In FE (→EE) the upper voice minims at the beginning of bars 6 and 8 are furnished with dots extending their rhythmic values. This contradicts the notation of A (→GE). The error could have resulted from reading the staccato dot on the 2bnd beat as the extending dot for the minim.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE