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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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b. 145

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

The slur of A, literal reading

Contextual interpretation of the slur in A (→GE→FE→EE)

Alternative interpretation of the slur in  A
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In A, the slur begins right after the 2nd quaver, so it is possible that it was meant to begin from the crotchet b flat1. Still, the most probable option is that it was intended to embrace the entire final phrase, and this is how it was interpreted in GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

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

b. 146

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

No pause in A (→GE1→FE→EE)

A pause in GE2 (→GE3)
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In GE2 (→GE3) a pause sign, obvious in this context, was added over the rest in the L.H. part. Making the notation more specific in that manner is advised in the scores of works for more than one performer, but in piano music it is not necessary.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions