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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 13-14

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

A slur in A and GE2 (→GE3)

Slurs in  GE1 (→FE→EE)
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In A, the phrase is covered with a single slur (up to the 2nd beat of bar 14); this version is correctly reproduced in GE2 (→GE3). Meanwhile, in GE1 the notation is ambiguous, as the slur in the line-ending bar 13 reaches the last quaver only. This was the reason why in FE (→EE) the motif in bar 14 was embraced with a separate slur. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Corrections in A

b. 18-19

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

 in A and GE2 (→GE3)

 in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The  in A certainly applies to the 3rd beat of bar 18. Despite that, in GE1 (→FE→EE) it was placed at the beginning of bar 19, according to a rather mechanically applied rule that markings of that type should be placed in advance. In GE2 (→GE3) this interpretation was revised and the marking moved back to bar 18.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 19

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

Pedalling in A and GE2 (→GE3)

No pedal marks in GE1

Pedalling of FE

 not found in EE
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The whole-bar pedalling of A was omitted in GE1 (and restored back in GE2 and GE3 in accordance with A). When proofing FE Chopin restored pedalling in that bar, yet he placed the asterisk  earlier than in A, before the 3rd beat of the bar. We consider this to be his final decision. In EE  the   mark was omitted.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

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

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