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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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b. 20

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

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In the main text we give  mark that was written into A (→GE→FE→EE). In AI there is no such mark which in the editors' opinion indicate rather an inaccurate notation than an execution of the following bars without pedal. Cf. bar 24.

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b. 24

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

No  in A (→GE→FE→EE) or AI

Supplement proposed by the editors
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In the sources Chopin has not marked when to release the pedal written in A (→GE→FE→EE) in bar 20. We add the mark  in order to avoid a suggestion of an over-sustaining of the pedal, e.g. up to the next  sign in bar 26.

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issues: No pedal release mark

b. 26-35

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

 in AI and A

 in GE1 (→FE→EE)

 in GE2
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In both AI (in bars 2 & 11) and A Chopin wrote marks at the end of the bar, clearly after the 3rd L.H. crotchet. In GE1 (→FE→EE) the mark was placed under the 3rd crotchet. Some attempts were made in GE2 to correct that inaccuracy, but the outcome is unclear. Cf. bars 36 i 38.

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issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 28-32

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

Pedalling in AI

Pedalling in A

GE (→FE→EE)
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In bars 28 and 32  of  A, the  is placed before the third crotchet of the L.H., yet this positioning is not reliable due to the lack of logic in graphical depicting of musical time in the notation of the left and the right hand. Therefore, the revisions made in GE (→FE→EE) are fully justified and make musical sense. In AI Chopin did not note the pedalling in bar 8 - being the equivalent of bar 32 in the repeat. See bar 8.

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b. 29

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

in AI

 in A

 in GE (→FE→EE)
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In bars 29 and 33 in AI and GE1 (FE→EE), the asterisk mark  is placed under the 3rd crotchet of the bar, while in A it is situated towards the end of the bar. In GE2 there were attempts to correct the notation of GE1, but they were inaccurate. We base our main text on A.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE