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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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b. 3

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

 The L.H. rhythm in AI

 A (→GE→FE→EE)
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On the 1st beat in the L.H., AI has even quavers, as in bar 1.

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b. 3-7

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

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In AI there is no slur in the L.H. part in bars 3 & 7. In the editors' opinion it is just an economical notation, for a corresponding slur is to be found in bar 1, which contains the same notes and rhythm as in the discussed bars. In the main text we give slurs found in A (→GE→FE→EE). Similarly in bars 27 & 31.

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b. 3-8

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 3-4 & 7-8 in GE2 the crotchets e and A were notated as if each of them belonged to two parts. This kind of pedant revision, justified in an orchestral score, is a needless complication in piano music performed by one person. A similar situation occurs in bars 25-28 & 31-32.

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issues: GE revisions

b. 3-8

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

 and accents in A

GE (→FE→EE)

Accents in AI
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We reproduce the   signs in bars 3-4 and 7-8 in the main text according to A. In bars 7-8 in GE (→FE→EE) those signs were reproduced slightly inaccurately.  AI has accents instead of hairpins for d flat2 (a long and a short one), while the accents over a flat1 in bars 4 and 8 are missing.

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b. 4-5

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

Slur in AI (literal reading) and in A (→GE→FE→EE)

The slur in AI, contextual interpretation
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The slur in A (→GE→FE→EE)  ends above the quaver g1 in bar 4. The corresponding sign in AI is ambiguous; the slur end does not cross the bar line, yet the shape of the final (added) section points to f1 in bar 5 as the target note. In the further part of the Mazurka slurs in analogous places are visibly longer: although in bars 8-9 the slur of A is unclear, both AI in that place and A in bars 28-29 and 32-33 have slurs reaching f1. In this situation we consider the notation of bars 4-5 to be inaccurate; this decision finds confirmation in the correction visible in A, consisting in lengthening the slur at the transition between bars 28-29.

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issues: Inaccurate slurs in A