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Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 21-22

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

Long accents in A (→GE1→FE)

Short accents in EE and GE2 (→GE3)
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We give the uncontroversial text of A (→GE1→FE). The versions of EE and GE2 (→GE3) are the outcome of editorial revisions. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 21

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

No  in A (→GE1→FE)

 in EE and GE2 (→GE3)
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The absence of  here is certainly a mistake on the part of Chopin, who did mark the moment of pedal release in analogous bars 17, 25 and 29. Therefore we include that mark, which was earlier done in EE and GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 23

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

A long accent in A

A short accent in GE and EE3

Without any accent in FE (→EE1)
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The long accent of A was reproduced in GE  as a short one. The absence of any sign in FE (→EE1) is probably an accidental omission. The (short) accent was restored in EE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 25-30

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

Accents of A (interpreted in context)

Short accents in  GE and EE3

 Without > in bar 29 in FE (→EE1)
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The type of the accents over the four triplets in bars 25-26 and 29-30 is unclear in A. On the one hand, they are not much longer than some other, undoubtedly short, accents and therefore were read as short accents in GE (→FE→EE). On the other hand, they do not much differ from the long accents in analogous bars 17-18 & 21-22. In this situation we consider the uniform marking of all those places to be more likely.

FE (→EE1) the accent in bar 29 was omitted.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 26-27

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

The slur in A (→GE→FE)

A longer slur in EE
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In A (→GE→FE) the slur embraces only bar 27. As Chopin corrected phrasing in similar contexts in bars 18-19 and 30-31, we change the text here accordingly.  EE also has the version with the slur from g2 in bar 26.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place