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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

The rhythm in AI

The rhythm in A (→GE→FE→EE)
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In A (→GE→FE→EE) Chopin changed the R.H. rhythm in comparison to the AI version. Scrapings visible in A show that Chopin considered even a double dotted rhythm: the last d2 was written as a semiquaver following a crotchet with two dots.

AI also has a different version in the L.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Chopin's hesitations

b. 2

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

AI

A and #Wn2

GE1 (→FE→EE)
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AI has a dotted rhythm on the 1st beat, and no grace note before a crotchet f2 on the 2nd beat. In the main text we give the undoubtedly ultimate version of A (→GE→FE→EE).

In GE1 (→FE→EE) the slur accompanying the grace note begins too early from the quaver a1. This imprecision was corrected in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

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.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 4-8

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

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category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Accompaniment changes