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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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Issues : EE inaccuracies

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
..

 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)
..

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

Pedalling read literally in A (→GE→FE)

Pedalling in A, contextual interpretation

Pedalling in EE
..

The pedal release sign is written in A at the end of the bar. However, in this particular case this falls out almost perfectly below the 3rd crotchet. In the main text, we adopt a notation taken from the analogous bar 12 (2nd ending). EE shifted to the left. (This bar is absent from AI.)

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies