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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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Issues : Errors resulting from corrections

b. 25-27

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

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In bars 25-28 A initially had the rhythm . Later, Chopin was adding dots and beams, yet inaccurately, omitting the 2nd dot on the 2nd beat of bar 25 and on the 2nd and 3rd beats of bar 27. Those errors were corrected in GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Rhythmic errors , Errors of A

b. 28

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

The rhythm of A (interpretation)

GE1 (erroneous rhythm)

FE (→EE)
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Determining Chopin's intention related to the rhythm on the 3rd beat of the bar seems impossible here. A erroneously has a quaver and two demisemiquavers () in the upper voice. The text of GE1 is also erroneous : . That latter rhythms was corrected both in GE2 (→GE3) and in FE (→EE). The version of GE2, although it is the work of the reviewer, may be considered an alternative to our interpretation of the rhythm of A. The version of FE may result from Chopin's correction, yet this is not certain. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 68

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

A staccato dot in A

No dot in GE (→FE→EE)
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It is not certain whether an ink trace visible under D flat is a staccato dot or a mark that remains after incomplete removal of a sign (accent?). Unmistakable dots in analogous bars 64 and 84 weigh in favour of staccato. In GE (→FE→EE) there is no dot here.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections

b. 89-91

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

The slurs of  A (interpreted in context)

Literal reading of A (→GE1→FE→EE)

Another slur added in GE2 (→GE3)

The editors' proposed version
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In A, the course of writing was interrupted both between bars 89-90 (by the deleted fragment) and between bars 90-91 (by passing on to a new line of the text) .This has caused unclear and unnecessarily complicated notation of the slurs. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions

b. 138

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

 in A (literal reading) and EE
 

GE (→FE)
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 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