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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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b. 63

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

A wedge in A

No sign in GE1 (→FE→EE)

A dot in GE2 (→GE3)
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A wedge over a flat visible in A was omitted in GE1 (→FE→EE). In GE2 (→GE3) the staccato sign was supplemented in the form of a dot under the note.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Wedges

b. 63

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

A slur under the triplet in A (→GE1→FE→EE)

Without an additional slur in GE2 (→GE3)
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The extra slur under the triplet that can be seen in  A (→GE1→FE→EE) was omitted in GE2 (→GE3). In the context, that slur is just part of the triplet marking and we do not take it into consideration (cf. General Editorial Principles, point 16).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Triplet slurs

b. 64-72

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

 in A and GE2 (→GE3)

 in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Our proposition
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The  asterisks in bars 64, 68 and 72 are placed in A at the end of the bar, after the 3rd crotchet if the L.H. In GE1 (→FE→EE) they were printed earlier, under the 3rd crotchet. The pedal release proposed by the editors, ever earlier than that, takes into account Chopin's notation in analogous bars 80, 84 and 88. A shorter pedal seems to better correspond with the final version of the rhythm in those bars. In GE2 (→GE3) the pedal release moment was marked as in A.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 64

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

 
 
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 64-72

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

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The erasures visible in A allow for the reconstruction of the initial rhythm of those bars. The accented notes on the 2nd beat were originally minims, just like in bar 62 and analogous bars.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A