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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 115-130

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

Pedal release marks in A (→GE1)

FE

EE

GE2 (→GE3)
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In that entire section in A the asterisks  are written at the end of the bar, after the 3rd crotchet of the L.H., and this is definitely the only authentic notation. It was basically reproduced in GE1, but only in bars 117-119, 121, 125 and 127 were the marks clearly placed; in the remaining bars they were put very close to the notes, so it is not entirely clear how the relation between  and the chord on the 3rd beat should be understood. In GE2 (→GE3), the placement of the pedal release marks is less consistent: in bars 117, 119, 121, 125 and 127 the  are placed after the 3rd crotchet, in the remaining bars - under it. In FE and EE, asterisks placed under the 3rd crotchet prevail; the placement consistent with A (i.e. after the L.H. chord)  can only be found in bars 117 and 119 in FE and in bar 125 alone in EE. There is also an asterisk missing in bar 121 in FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 120-122

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

Long accents in A (→GE→FE)

Short accents in EE
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In EE, no account was taken of the difference between the accents from bars 120 and 122 visible in A (→GE→FE). The accent in bar 122 in GE1 differs very slightly from the neighbouring short accents, yet this small difference was enough to have its type correctly recognized in FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies

b. 131-142

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

 in A

GE

FE

EE1 (→EE2)

EE3
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Over this entire section in A the asterisks  are placed at the very end of each bar after the 3rd crotchet of the L.H. (with the exception of bar 138) and this is definitely the only authentic notation. In GE that notation was reproduced only in bars 132-133 and 136; in the remaining bars the asterisks are placed before the 3rd crotchet. In FE only the  in bar 133 follows the notation of A, and EE has the asterisks after the 3rd crotchet in bars 132-133 only. Moreover, in EE1 (→EE2) the asterisk was mistakenly placed in bar 135 instead of 136, which was corrected in EE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 146

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

Accents in A

GE1 and EE

FE and GE2 (→GE3)
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The two accents were clearly written in A as a short one and a long one. In GE1 that difference was disregarded and two short accents were put in. That version was revised in GE2 (→GE3) by lengthening the first accent (against A). FE also presents a similar version, which was changed to two equally short accents again in EE (following the general tendency of that edition). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies