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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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b. 30-31

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

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b. 31

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

Rhythm in AI

A (→GE→FE→EE)
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AI has even quavers in both hands in this bar (notated as a repetition of bar 7).

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b. 32-33

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

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Although  the slur in A is missing its ending in bar 33 (in a new line of text), Chopin must have intended that slur to reach f1 in that bar, which is evident from:

  • the slur shape in bar 32,
  • omission of a wedge at the beginning of bar 33, which confirms Chopin's weakened attention when writing that fragment,
  • slur extension in analogous bars 28-29,
  • slurs of AI in all the analogous bar.

This is how the slur was interpreted in GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 32

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

Rhythm in AI

Rhythm in A (→GE→FE→EE)
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AI has even crotchets here as in bar 8.

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b. 32

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

Without a dot in AI

A dot in A (→GE→FE→EE)
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In AI where this bar is a repetition of bar 8, no staccato dot can be seen. In A Chopin carefully marked with dots all that kind of bass notes in bars 1-35.

category imprint: Differences between sources