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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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b. 114

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

 in A

 in GE (→FE→EE)
..

In A, the asterisk  is placed at the end of the bar, after the 3rd crotchet. However, due to quite dense notation of the 3rd beat of the bar, one cannot be one hundred percent sure about it. In GE (→FE→EE)  was printed under the 3rd crotchet.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

b. 115-130

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

Pedal release marks in A (→GE1)

FE

EE

GE2 (→GE3)
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In that entire section in A the asterisks  are written at the end of the bar, after the 3rd crotchet of the L.H., and this is definitely the only authentic notation. It was basically reproduced in GE1, but only in bars 117-119, 121, 125 and 127 were the marks clearly placed; in the remaining bars they were put very close to the notes, so it is not entirely clear how the relation between  and the chord on the 3rd beat should be understood. In GE2 (→GE3), the placement of the pedal release marks is less consistent: in bars 117, 119, 121, 125 and 127 the  are placed after the 3rd crotchet, in the remaining bars - under it. In FE and EE, asterisks placed under the 3rd crotchet prevail; the placement consistent with A (i.e. after the L.H. chord)  can only be found in bars 117 and 119 in FE and in bar 125 alone in EE. There is also an asterisk missing in bar 121 in FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 131-142

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

 in A

GE

FE

EE1 (→EE2)

EE3
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Over this entire section in A the asterisks  are placed at the very end of each bar after the 3rd crotchet of the L.H. (with the exception of bar 138) and this is definitely the only authentic notation. In GE that notation was reproduced only in bars 132-133 and 136; in the remaining bars the asterisks are placed before the 3rd crotchet. In FE only the  in bar 133 follows the notation of A, and EE has the asterisks after the 3rd crotchet in bars 132-133 only. Moreover, in EE1 (→EE2) the asterisk was mistakenly placed in bar 135 instead of 136, which was corrected in EE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 138

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

 in A (literal reading) and EE
 

GE (→FE)
..

 in A is placed before the last chord of the L.H. but after its initial deleted version. In the editors' opinion, when changing the notation of the chord Chopin failed to notice the consequent change of the spatial relation between that crotchet  and the . That is why in our main text we put the  after the 3rd crotchet. In GE (→FE) the sign was placed under the 3rd crotchet, and in EE even before it. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Errors resulting from corrections