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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 15

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

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Following GE2, we add a cautionary  for f1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 25-31

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

No markings in AI

3 long accents in A

   in GE1 (→FE→EE)

   in GE2
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The interpretation of the marks at the beginning of bars 25, 27 and 31 as long accents is supported by the analogy with bars 1, 3 and 7, in which Chopin in A wrote the accents in a more precise manner than he did in bars 25, 27 and 31.

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

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 25-32

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

AI and A (→GE1→FE→EE)

Additional "voice" in GE2
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In bars 25-28 & 31-32 in GE2 the crotchets e and A were notated as if each of them belonged to two parts. This is an arbitrary editor's revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 26

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

No accent mark in AI

A long accent in A (→GE1→FE)

 in GE2

A short accent in EE
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The mark in A should clearly be read as a long accent and this is precisely its shape in GE1 (→FE). In EE, the mark was shortened to an ordinary short accent, while in GE2 it was extended to the end of the bar. AI has got no mark here, just like in bar 2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 26

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

Additional crotchet in A (→GE1)

No crotchet c2 in FE (→EE) and AI & GE2
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE