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Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 67-68

composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

Short accent in A1 (→FE→EE) & GE2

 in GE1, literal reading

Long accent in GE1, possible interpretation
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The interpretation of the mark of GE1, which resembles a long accent but goes beyond the bar line, is not obvious. One can interpret it as a short diminuendo hairpin, leading to  and corresponding to the  mark in b. 66. In the main text we give a short accent, introduced by Chopin in A1 (→FE→EE), since, according to us, even if the mark in [A2], reproduced in GE1, resembled a long accent, it would have probably meant the same thing as the remaining accents in this section: see b. 60-64. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 68

composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

No mark in A1 (→FE→EE)

Long accent (?) in GE1, literal reading

Long accent on 2nd beat in GE2

Short accent on 3rd beat suggested by the editors
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Just like 7 next accents in b. 69-75, the mark in GE1 was added by Chopin in the proofreading or still in [A2]. Its placement must be inaccurate: there are no doubts that it is the 3rd and not the 2nd beat that is to be accented, yet GE2 understood it the other way round (with accent on the 2nd beat). According to us, the size of the mark is also unreliable (cf. the note in b. 60-64), hence in the main text we give a contextual interpretation thereof.

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

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 69-71

composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

No marks in A1 (→FE→EE)

Accents in GE
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In the main text we include the accents added by Chopin in the proofreading of GE or in [A2]. The accent of GE2 in b. 69 is placed between the crotchets, which is a patent mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 72-75

composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

No marks in A1 (→FE→EE)

4 accents in GE1

3 accents in GE2
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Just like in the previous bars, 4 subsequent accents must have been added in the proofreading of GE1 or earlier, still in [A2]. The mark in b. 74 is poorly visible, as a result of which it was overlooked in GE2. According to us, it is, however, a print defect and not a remaining element after removal of that accent.
The marks in GE1 slightly differ in size, which we, however, consider to be irrelevant: see the note in b. 60-64.  

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

issues: Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 76

composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major

No mark in A1 (→FE→EE)

Short accent in GE

Long accent, our alternative suggestion
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Just like in the previous bars, the accent must have been added in the proofreading of GE1 or earlier, still in [A2]. Starting from the semiquaver, this bar is identical with b. 60, hence it is to be assumed that if it had not been for the simplified notation, Chopin would have repeated here the accent from that bar. Since it is a few of the accents of A1 that could be interpreted as long, we suggest that version also here. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of GE