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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 63

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

 in A and GE2 (→GE3)

No asterisk in GE1

 in FE (→EE)
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In A, the asterisk  is written at the end of the bar, after the 3rd crotchet of the left hand. The mark was omitted in GE1, and in FE (→EE) placed under the 3rd crotchet. In this case it is hard to tell whether it was Chopin's correction or the editor's revision – the mark was put  where most asterisks  were placed in those editions. Cf. Mazurka in g Op. 24 no. 1, bars 49-50, 58.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 72

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

No sign in A (→GE)

A dot in FE (→EE)
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In A (→GE) there is no staccato sign for the note E. The dot was added in FE (→EE), which could have resulted from Chopin's correction.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 83

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

No dot in A (→GE) and EE 

A staccato dot in FE
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A dot under a flat can only be found in FE, which may mean that it was added in proofing by Chopin. For reasons stated in the note to bars 92-93, we propose a wedge for our main text here, in accordance with the markings used by the composer in the analogous bar 67 in A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 91

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

No staccato sign in A (→GE1) or EE

A dot in FE

A dot in GE2 (→GE3)

A wedge suggested by the editors
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The quaver a flat does not have any staccato sign in A (→GE1), which seems to be an oversight in this context. When proofing FE, Chopin added a dot above that note. In our opinion, at that stage of processing the text of the Mazurka  Chopin was no longer free to choose between two types of staccato signs (see note to bars 92-93). Therefore we suggest a wedge in this place, in accordance with the markings used by the composer in the following bars in A, and also in the analogous bar 75.

The dot was also added in GE2 (→GE3), while in EE the dot added in FE was disregarded. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 92

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

A flat in A (→GE)

A flat1-A flat in FE (→EE )

The editors' proposition
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As the 1st crotchet A (→GE) has just A flat, as in the previous bar. Chopin added A flat1 in the proofing of FE (→EE). At the same time the staccato sign, independent of the right hand, was omitted, which definitely was not Chopin's intention. In our main text we give both the added note and the omitted dot. Cf. bars 92 and 93.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE