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Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 33-44

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

8 long accents in A

Without an accent in bar 42 in GE1
 

7 accents (2 types) in FE

7 short accents in EE
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In the main text, we give the unequivocal notation of A – 8 long accents in bars 33-36 and 41-44. In GE1 (→FE→EE) the accent in bar 42 was omitted, which was corrected in GE2 (→GE3). In the two last-mentioned editions and also in FE some accents were reproduced as short ones, and EE has short accents only. All those changes result from difficulties in interpreting accent signs of varying length.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 38

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

 in A

 in GE (→FE)

A sign in EE
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The hairpins   in A are visibly longer than those in GE (→FE→EE). Their exact extent is different in each edition. The shortest sign - that in EE – practically resembles an inverted accent.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 38-41

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

The slurs of A (inter­pre­ted) and FES

The slurs of A (contextual interpretation)

The slurs of GE

Slurs in FE (probable reading)

Slurs in FE (possible reading→EE)
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The slurs that appear at the transition between bars 38-39 and 40-41 are drawn in a manner that makes them ambiguous. In the main text we give the interpretation of the slurs of A, confirmed by the addition made in FES. The slurs of GE offer another possible interpretation of A. We interpret the unclear slurs of FE in the manner that is closer to the notation of A; a different option was chosen in EE (based on FE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 48

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

A long accent in A (→GE)

A short accent in FE (→EE)
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A very clear long accent in A, also reproduced in GE, was reduced in form to an ordinary short accent in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 48

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

 in A and GE2 (→GE3)

 in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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Chopin usually placed  marks between notes, which was often incomprehensible to engravers. It is also the case here - in GE1 (→FE→EE) the sign was moved and placed under the 3rd crotchet.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE