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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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Issues : Errors of A

b. 3

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

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A  heightening g1 to g1 is missing from all the sources. The use of g1 between f1 and g1 is so obvious in this context that the error went unnoticed for several dozen years.  

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors of A , Last key signature sign

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. 103

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

Without  in A (→GE1→FE)

 in EE and GE2 (→GE3)

The editors' proposition
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In A (→GE1→FE) there is no . The asterisk was added in EE and GE2 (→GE3) under the 3rd crotchet of the L.H. Putting the asterisk after that crotchet, suggested by the editors, reproduces Chopin's pedalling in the analogous bar 41.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 105

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

No  in A (→GE1→FE)

 in EE and GE2 (→GE3)
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In A (→GE1→FE), the asterisk  is missing, which must be considered a mistake in that context. We add  at the end of the bar in accordance with the original pedalling of the analogous bar 43. An identical addition was already made in EE and GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 113

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

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At the beginning of the bar, A has the tenth a flat2-c flat4, which is an obvious mistake. That error was overlooked in GE1, as both in that edition and in the editions based on it, i.e.  FE (→EE) and GE2 (→GE3), the correct octave a flat2-a flat3 appears.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors in the number of ledger lines , Errors of A