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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 49-50

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

A slur in A, EE and GE2 (→GE3)

A shorter slur in GE1 (→FE)
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Against the notation of A, in GE1 (→FE) the slur mistakenly ends on the semiquaver. The correct version was restored in  EE and GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 57

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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A clearly has a long accent, yet in GE (→FE→EE) it was reproduced as a short one.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 57-59

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

Slurs in A

Slurs in GE

Slurs in FE (→EE)
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In A, the slur in bar 58 begins above the bar line, which may suggest its intended earlier beginning. This is most probably the reason why it runs from the last chord of bar 57 in GE (→FE→EE). However, in the editors' opinion, in this context it is much more likely that the slur is one of those too-widely written slurs frequently found in the autograph of the Mazurkas Op. 24. Cf. bar 60.

In FE (→EE) that slur and the next one are placed under the chords.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , FE revisions

b. 60

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

Division into voices in A

GE (→FE→EE)
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Chopin not always precisely notated the divisions between the voices. However, in this situation his notation is correct and exact from the point of view of voice-leading. Its simplification in GE (→FE→EE) must be therefore considered an inaccuracy.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 64-72

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

 in A and GE2 (→GE3)

 in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Our proposition
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The  asterisks in bars 64, 68 and 72 are placed in A at the end of the bar, after the 3rd crotchet if the L.H. In GE1 (→FE→EE) they were printed earlier, under the 3rd crotchet. The pedal release proposed by the editors, ever earlier than that, takes into account Chopin's notation in analogous bars 80, 84 and 88. A shorter pedal seems to better correspond with the final version of the rhythm in those bars. In GE2 (→GE3) the pedal release moment was marked as in A.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE