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Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

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b. 57

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

No dot in A (→GE→FE→EE)

A staccato dot proposed by the editors
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category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 58-59

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

 in A (→GE1→FE→EE)

 in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text, we give a single  mark. In Chopin's times, dividing the dynamic hairpins at line break was not yet in systematic use - both Chopin and his editors sometimes reverted to the old notation in which two consecutive  (or ) marks at line break could mean one longer dynamic change.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 58

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

Without  in A

 added in GE (→FE→EE)

The editors' suggestion
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The lack of  in A is doubtless an oversight. The mark added in GE (→FE→EE) under the 3rd crotchet may have been the result of Chopin's correction. We move it to the end of the bar, exactly as Chopin marked in  A the pedalling for all the analogous bars. Cf. the note to bars 49-50.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Authentic corrections of GE

b. 59

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

Crotchets in A (→GE→FE)

Crotchets in EE (without the second slur)

Quavers entered in FES

Quavers and a slur in FED
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In the main text we give the version written into FES and FED. The remaining sources have the version as in bar 3 and analogous bars. That type of adding variety to the melodic line is very characteristic of Chopin. He introduced similar changes, also as later corrections, in Mazurka in C major no. 2, bars 102-103, and also in other works.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FES , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Main-line changes

b. 59

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

Fingering written into FES

Without teaching fingering
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The 1st finger written into FES applies the enriched version of the melodic line in that edition (our main text - see the neighbouring note). However, it may also be used for the version of A and the first editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES