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Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 33-63

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

 in A

 in GE (→FE→EE)
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In bars 33-35, 40-43, 54, 57, 61 and 63 in A, the pedal release asterisks are always placed at the end of the bar after the 3rd crotchet of the L.H. In GE (→FE→EE) all those asterisks were printed under the 3rd crotchet. Cf. bars. 1-32.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 33-34

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

A phrase mark in A

A curved line [slur] in GE1 (→FE) and GE3

No slur in GE2

A tie in EE
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The phrase mark in  A, just like two further ones in analogous situations, embraces the motif that consists of two thirds a flat1-c2. The meaning of that curved line in GE1 (→FE) is no longer clear, as it could just as well be interpreted as a tie sustaining as1. This is at least how the reviewer of GE2 understood it, which is evidenced by the change made in bars 34-35. In the discussed place in GE2 the slur was omitted, probably with the intention to move the slur of GE1 up in order to turn it more clearly into a tie (it reappeared in GE3). The engraver of EE read the line to be a tie sustaining a flat1 and engraved it in a manner that left no room for doubt.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 34-35

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

Phrase marks in  A

Slurs of GE (→FE)
 
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The curved lines under the thirds a flat1-c2 in bars 34-35 and 43-44 are phrase marks in A, not ties for a flat1. This is less obvious in the notation of GE1, and even less so in FE and GE2 (→GE3). The notation of EE clearly suggests ties. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies

b. 36-44

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

Wedges in A

Dots in GE (→FE→EE)
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The staccato signs visible in A in bars 36 and 44 should be considered wedges, although they are not so clear as in bars 38 and 46. In GE (→FE→EE) they were reproduced as dots. Cf. the remark to bar 1.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 36-44

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

 in bars 36 and 44 in A

 in GE1 (→FE→EE)

 in GE2 (→GE3)
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In bars 36 and 44 in A, the asterisk  is written  between the 2nd and the 3rd crotchet. In GE1 (→FE→EE) it was moved and placed under the nearest chord: on the 3rd beat in bar 36 and on the 2nd beat in bar 44. In GE2 (→GE3) the pedalling was made uniform, and the  moved under the 3rd crotchet.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions