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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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b. 1

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

 in A and a likely reading of GE2

 in GE1 (→FE→EE) and a possible reading of GE2

No pedal in AI
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Chopin wrote into A a mark  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. The notation in GE2 is unclear: the asterisk is to be found below the last chord, but shifted perceptibly to the right which may be regarded an attempt to better fit the script of A.

AI has no pedal markings becuse of the different L.H. part version.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 2

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

 in AI and A

GE (→FE→EE)
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In bar 2 in GE1 (FE→EE) the pedal release mark  is placed under the third crotchet of the bar. Attempts were made in GE2 to correct that error, but the outcome is inaccurate. In our main text we rely on AI (→A). Similarly in bars 10 and 11.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 4

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

in AI and GE (→FE→EE) as well as less probable reading of A

More probable reading of in A
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

b. 5

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

in AI

Without  in A

 in GE (→FE→EE)

Our suggestion
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A has no pedal release mark in this bar. A comparison with the concurrent version in all analogous bars (9, 29 & 33) lets us regard this lack as a mistake. In the main text, in keeping with the A notation in these bars we supplement the  mark at the end of bar. In GE1 (→FE→EE) the asterisk was added under a rest, in accordance to a rule applied by GE in the entire opus. It is probably an editor's revision although Chopin's correction cannot be completely ruled out.

The mark's placement in AI is not quite clear— falls under the R.H. quaver g1 but before the rest in the L.H. We take the latter relation as authoritative.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 6

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

 in AI

 in A

 in GE (→FE→EE)
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In AI the  mark is placed before the rest on the 3rd beat, and in A at the end of the bar. Although the notation of A leaves no doubt as to Chopin's intention GE (→FE→EE) printed earlier, under the rest on the 3rd beat (Cf. note to bar 2). In our main text we rely on A, however, in the editors' opinion the pedalling of both autographs may be regarded here as alternative.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE