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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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b. 35-36

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

Slur in AI and A (→GE→FE→EE)

Our alternative suggestion
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Slurs in the sources are consistent and unequivocal (only an earlier beginning of a slur in A could be considered). However, because slurs in AI and A are practically identical in bars 33-35, it is possible to regard slurs in this fragment in A as written by Chopin with less attention. Our alternative suggestion takes account of a comparison with A notation in analogous bars 11-12, where the slur reaches the e1.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

b. 35

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

Dots in AI

No dots in A (→GE→FE→EE)
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In A (→GE→FE→EE) Chopin decided not to have the staccato dots in bar 35. Those dots had been earlier written in AI in bar 11, of which bar 35 is a repetition in AI. See bar 11.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 36-38

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

No pedal marks in AI

in A, literal reading

in A, contextual interpretation

 in GE1 (→FE)

in EE

 in GE2
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 A  has the asterisks  written at the end of those bars, although the mark in bar 37, when read literally, falls under the 3rd crotchet.  In GE1 (→FE) all the three marks are placed under the 3rd crotchet. In EE, the notation of FE in bars 37-38 was reproduced inaccurately, evidently due to graphic difficulties (pedalling for the last line, from bar 37, was written between the staves). In GE2 attempts were probably made to reproduce the notation of A, yet the effect of the changes  in bar 36, and particularly in bar. 38, is unclear.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Placement of markings , EE inaccuracies

b. 36

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

No performance indication in AI

dolciss. in A (→GE)

dolciss. in FE (→EE)
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AI has no dolcissimo marking. In FE, and even more in EE the indication is shifted toward the beginning of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 36

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

No mark in AI

A wedge in A

A dot in GE (→FE→EE)
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The first editions have a staccato dot instead of a wedge written in A. Such an inaccuracy is characteristic of GE (→FE→EE) throughout the entire Mazurka. AI does not have any mark here. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Wedges