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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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b. 8

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

No pedalling in AI

Pedalling in A

GE (→FE→EE)
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In AI, there are no pedal marks here. In practice it certainly means that the pedalling given before in analogous bar 4 should be used (this kind of economic notation is not an exception in Chopin's music, cf. e.g. Impromptu in A Op. 29, bars 1-2, 5-6 & 19-20). GE (→FE→EE) inaccurately reproduced the position of the pedal release asterisk—it was placed under the 3rd LH crotchet even though it appears earlier in A. Such imprecision was also repeated in analogous bars 28 & 32.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 9

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

in A

in AI and GE (→FE→EE)
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A pedal release mark is placed after a rest on the 3rd beat in A. This notation is confirmed by the analogous bars 29 & 33, hence we give it in our main text. The remaining sources have under the rest.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 10

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

 
 
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issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 11

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

 in AI, A and GE2

GE1 (→FE→EE)
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 12

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

in AI

in A

in GE

in FE (→EE)
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In A, the asterisk  is written at the end of the bar, after the 3rd beat. In AI it is written earlier, under the 2nd beat. GE (→FE→EE) characteristically has the  placed under the 3rd beat. Taking into consideration that the 3rd crotchet of the bar introduces a new phrase, the accompaniment for which is placed in the higher register, releasing the pedal slightly earlier than indicated by the notation of A seems convenient, e.g. as marked by Chopin in the analogous bar 36. For that reason we choose the latter version for our main text (cf. also pedalling of the 1st volta of that bar, not showing any differences in the sources).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE