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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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b. 6

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

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A distinct staccato wedge in A was reproduced inaccurately as a dot in GE, and omitted in FE (→EE).

See bar 6.

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issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Wedges

b. 7

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

Rhythm in AI

Rhythm in A (→GE→FE→EE)
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b. 7-8

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

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In A, the slur over these bars was in fact combined from three shorter fragments.

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issues: Corrections in A

b. 8-9

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

The end of slur in AI

LIteral reading of A (→GE→FE→EE)

Contextual interpretation of A
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In A it is not quite clear where this slur ends, but in AI it definitely reaches f1 in bar 9, just like in A in analogous bars 28-29. Therefore in our main text we extend the slur to f1.

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issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 8

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

Rhythm in AI

Rhythm in A (→GE→FE→EE)
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AI has even crotchets in the 2nd part of the bar. It is probably an original rhythmic version of this and analogous bars—cf. the vertical alignment of the RH and LH notes in bar 4 in both AI and A.

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