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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 98-99

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

A tie in A

No tie in EE
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The shape of the tie drawn from the last demisemiquaver d flat2 does not clearly indicate where that tie was supposed to end. As the only note of the R.H. struck at the beginning of bar 9 is the dotted crotchet d flat2, one has no other option but to assume that the tie was meant to finish there. Such an interpretation is confirmed by a more legible notation of analogous bars 36-37. Printed in GE (→FE) is only the initial part of the tie from bar 98, which is the last bar of the page in those editions. We assume that it has the same meaning as the one we have determined for the tie of A. In EE, the discontinued tie fragment from bar 98 was omitted.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 103

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

Without  in A (→GE1→FE)

 in EE and GE2 (→GE3)

The editors' proposition
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In A (→GE1→FE) there is no . The asterisk was added in EE and GE2 (→GE3) under the 3rd crotchet of the L.H. Putting the asterisk after that crotchet, suggested by the editors, reproduces Chopin's pedalling in the analogous bar 41.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 104

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

A long accent in A

A reversed accent mark in GE1 (→FE)

No mark in EE

A short accent in GE2

A short accent in GE3
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The long accent written by Chopin in A was reversed in GE1 (→FE) so that it resembles small crescendo hairpins. In EE that reversed mark, difficult to understand in the context, was omitted altogether. GE2 introduced a short accent, yet assigned it to the sixth in the L.H. That latter inaccuracy was corrected in GE3

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Sign reversal

b. 105

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

An accent in A (→GE2→GE3)

 in GE1 (→FE)

An accent in EE
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The accent on the 2nd crotchet of the L.H. visible in A was misinterpreted in GE1 (→FE) as short hairpins . The proper form of that mark was restored in GE2 (→GE3). EE also has that accent, but moved under the stave.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 105

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

No  in A (→GE1→FE)

 in EE and GE2 (→GE3)
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In A (→GE1→FE), the asterisk  is missing, which must be considered a mistake in that context. We add  at the end of the bar in accordance with the original pedalling of the analogous bar 43. An identical addition was already made in EE and GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Errors of A