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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 30

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

in AI and GE2

No mark in A

in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Our suggestion
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There is no asterisk  in A . In the main text we give that mark at the end of the bar, just like Chopin did in the analogous bar 6. In GE1 (→FE→EE) the mark was added under the rest on the 3rd beat of the bar,  following the usual manner in which such marks were interpreted in that edition. In the editors' opinion, editorial revision is slightly more probable here than Chopin's correction. In GE2,  is placed earlier, before the rest. The mark in AI (in bar 6, of which bar 30 is a repetition) has a similar position, yet conformity with GE2 is definitely accidental.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 33

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

No staccato sign in A (→GE1)

A wedge in AI and FE (→EE)

A dot in GE2
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Wedges

b. 36

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

No 1st ending  in AI

Sixth, tie to a1 in A

Sixth, additional slur in GE1

a1 tied to bar 13 in FE (→EE1)

Sixth, a1 tied to bar 13 in EE3

Sixth, revisions in GE2
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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

b. 36

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

No slur in A (→GE1→FE→EE)

Slur in GE2
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GE2 added a slur to c2, leading to d2 in bar 13. It is part of a revision aiming at uniformization of this bar with the 2nd ending of bar 2. (This bar is absent from AI.)

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions