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Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 17-18

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

Long accents in A

One long accent in  GE1

A short accent in FE (→EE1)

Short accents in  GE2 (→GE3) and EE3
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The clear notation of A was distorted by the omission of the accent in bar 18 in GE1 (→FE→EE1) and changes of accent shapes in FE (→EE) and GE2 (→GE3). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 19-27

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

Dots in A and GE2 (→GE3)

A dot missing in bar 19 of  GE1

Dots missing in  FE (→EE)
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Both bass notes F in bars 19 and 27 have staccato dots in A. The notation of this detail was distorted in the first editions: a dot from bar 19 was omitted in GE1 (→FE→EE), and dots from bar 27 disappeared in FE (→EE). Cf. bars 17-29.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 21

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

in A (→GE) and EE3

No marking in FE (→EE1)
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The  that can be seen in A (→GE) was most probably omitted in FE (→EE1) and supplemented in EE3 on the basis of GE or by analogy with bars 17, 25 and 29.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE

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