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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 16

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

A short accent in the sources

A long accent, by analogy with bars 8 and 56

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In analogous bars 8 and 56 A has long accents. Still, we retain the short accent here due to a different further course of music that could influence the sign chosen by Chopin. On the other hand, one cannot entirely rule out the possibility of inaccurate notation of that detail in A; we take that option into account as well. suggesting a long accent as an alternative.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Long accents

b. 17-29

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

A: 4 wedges in bars 17, 21, 25, 29

GE1: 3 dots in bars 21, 25, 29

FE (→EE) and GE2 (→GE3): 4 dots

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The wedges in A are very clear, particularly in bars 17 and 25, yet in GE (→FEEE) there are only dots (cf. bar 1.). In bar 17 in GE1 the sign was omitted, which Chopin corrected when proofing FE (→EE). In the editors' opinion, that correction should be understood as supplementing the staccato sign in bar 17, in line with bars 21, 25 and 29, rather than replacing a wedge with a dot in bar 17.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of 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 (→FEEE1) 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. 17-29

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

A and GE2 (→GE3): 4 dots in bars 17, 21, 25, 29

GE1 (→FE): 2 dots in bars 21 and 29

EE: one dot in bar 21

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In A, Chopin marked staccato for the F notes in bars 17, 21, 25 and 29. In GE1 (→FEEE), the dots were omitted in bars 17 and 25, and in EE also in bar 29. The reviewer of GE2 (→GE3) supplemented the missing dots, possibly on the basis of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies

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 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 (→FEEE), 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