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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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b. 29

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

A wedge in AI

A dot in A (→GE→FE→EE)
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It is hard to regard the mark in A as In bar 29 all the first editions have a staccato dot instead of a wedge.  In our main text we rely on AI (→A). The same applies to bars 5 and 9.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Wedges

b. 29

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

Slurs in AI and A

The slur in GE1 (→FE→EE)

GE2
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In bar 29 of A the slur notation is not very clear, but the traces of extending the slur by Chopin in A, and also the notation in AI, point to the first note of the triplet as the intended starting point for the slur, as presented in GE2. GE1 (→FE→EE) have the slur starting earlier. Similar differences appear in bar 33.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 29-33

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

 in AI

Long accents in A and GE2

Long accents in GE1 (→FE)

Different accents in EE
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A has long accents below the triplets on the 2nd beat in bars 29 & 33. In GE1 (→FE→EE) accents were placed over the R.H. part (a shorter sign in EE certainly reflects an inaccurate accent in FE). In GE2 the notation of A was reinstated, which we also accept as our main text. In AI bars 29 & 33 are notated as a repetition of bars 5 & 9, which have  below the L.H. chords on beat 2.

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issues: Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies

b. 29

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

in AI

 in A

 in GE (→FE→EE)
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In bars 29 and 33 in AI and GE1 (FE→EE), the asterisk mark  is placed under the 3rd crotchet of the bar, while in A it is situated towards the end of the bar. In GE2 there were attempts to correct the notation of GE1, but they were inaccurate. We base our main text on A.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 30

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

Rhythm and articulation in AI

Rhythm and a slur in A,
a wedge on e1

GE1 (→FE→EE),
no mark

GE2,
a dot on e1
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In A Chopin changed the RH rhythm and articulation of the 1st half of the bar as compared with AI. First editions principally repeated the A version but the staccato wedge was omitted in GE1 (FE→EE), and reproduced inaccurately as a dot in GE2.

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