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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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Issues : Long accents

b. 107-109

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

Long accents in  A

Short accents in GE (→FE→EE)
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The clearly long accents at the beginning of bars 107 and 109 in A were reproduced as short accents in GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 108

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

A long accent in A and FE

A short accent in GE and EE
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The dotted quaver at the beginning of the bar clearly has a  long accent in A. The corresponding mark in GE1 looks like an ordinary short accent, yet it reaches almost to the semiquaver due to the awkward horizontal planning of the notes that form the dotted rhythm. This was probably the reason why the accent from GE1 was interpreted in FE as a long one. EE and GE2 (→GE3) all use accents that are definitely short ones. Cf. bar 100, as well as 46-48.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE inaccuracies

b. 108

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

A long accent in A (→GE1→FE, GE2)

A short accent in EE and GE3
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A characteristic long accent used in A (→GE1→FE, GE2) was changed to a short one in EE and GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 110

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

Possibly a short accent in A (→GE2→GE3)

Possibly a long accent in A

No accent in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 117

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

A long accent in A

A short accent in GE (→FE→EE)
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The typically long accent that can be found in A was reproduced in GE (→FE→EE) as a short one.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE