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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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b. 14

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

A long accent in A

No mark in GE1 (→FE→EE)

 in GE2 (→GE3)
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The long accent of A was omitted in GE1 (→FE→EE). It was reproduced in GE2 (→GE3) in the form of hairpins   reaching the 2nd beat of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 15

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

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We add a cautionary   before a flat1 at the beginning of the bar.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 15

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

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We add a cautionary  before g flat1.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 15-16

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

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In A (→GE1) there is a cautionary  before g flat1 at the beginning of bar 16. The unnecessary sign was omitted in FE (-→EE1→EE2), and in GE2 (→GE3) it was moved one quaver earlier, to bar 15. In EE3, a  was added in bar 16, probably on the basis of GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Last key signature sign

b. 16

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

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It is not quite clear which one of the staccato signs– a dot or a wedge – Chopin had in mind here.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Wedges