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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 1

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

Title and dedication in A (→GE1)

EE1 and EE3

EE2
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The replacement of 4 Mazurkas with Quatre Mazurkas does not change the authentic title. However, the addition to the title in EE is definitely inauthentic; the English editor used to add the expression Souvenir de la Pologne to each consecutive opus of Chopin's Mazurkas. In EE2 the dedication was omitted.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Dedications

b. 18

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

The 2nd and 3rd crotchet in A

GE

FE (→EE1→EE2)

The version of FE with a cautionary

EE3
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The versions of A (→GE) only differ in the presence or absence of a  before c1. The version of FE (→EE1→EE2) results from Chopin's correction; we adopt it - supplemented with a cautionary  before e flat1 - for our main text.  EE3 returned to the version of GE1 (with only the graphic layout modified).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 19

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

 in A (→GE→FE) and EE3

No indication in EE1 (→EE2)
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In EE1 (→EE2) the  was omitted, which is definitely an error (it was supplemented in EE3). In EE, also the  and the accent were omitted in this bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 21

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

Pedalling in A, GE2 (→GE3) and EE3

Pedalling in GE1

No pedalling in FE (→EE1→EE2)
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In the main text we give the pedalling of A and #Wn2 (→GE3). In GE1, the pedal up marking  was placed under the 3rd crotchet of the bar, against the notation of A but in line with the tendency to adjust all the elements of the notation to rhythmic structures. In FE (→EE1→EE2) the pedalling was omitted. The missing pedal markings were supplemented in EE3 in the version consistent with A. Cf. bars. 22-27.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 37

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

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The indication a tempo is written at the beginning of the bar in A. In GE1 (→FE) it is placed over the 2nd beat of the bar, which introduces the suggestion of a delay in the return to the tempo, unintended by Chopin. In EE that indication was placed between the staves. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE