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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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b. 82

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

A wedge in A

Without any sign in GE1 (→FE→EE)

A staccato dot in GE2 (→GE3)
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We give the wedge written in A. In GE1 (→FE→EE)  the sign was omitted and a dot was added in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Wedges

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. 83

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

No dot in A (→GE1→FE→EE)

A dot in GE2 (→GE3)
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In GE2 (→GE3), a staccato dot was added under the bass note A flat. We do not find sufficient justification for that addition. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 83

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

 in A (→GE1→FE→EE)

 in GE2 (→GE3)
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In this bar – exceptionally – A (→GE1→FE→EE) has  under the 3rd crotchet of the bar. It is not clear whether we are dealing here with inaccurate notation, or whether Chopin indeed wanted the pedalling for that bar to differ slightly from the previous bars; therefore we retain the notation of A in our main text. The asterisk  consistent with the prevailing pedalling pattern of  A was introduced in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 84

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

No dot in EE
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The omission of the staccato dot under D flat in EE is probably a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE