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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 1-7

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

Long accents in A (→GE→FE→EE)

No marks in AI
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AI has no accents for g1 in bars 1, 3 & 7 (a similar situation appears in bar 25, 27 & 31). The discussed bars are among few places in which Chopin's long accents are reproduced quite precisely in GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 2

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

No mark in AI

 in A (→GE→FE→EE)

Our suggestion
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A (→GE→FE→EE) has a mark here. In the main text we propose reading it as a long accent for f2, guided first of all by the analogy with bar 26 in A. In AI there is no mark at all.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents

b. 3-8

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

 and accents in A

GE (→FE→EE)

Accents in AI
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We reproduce the   signs in bars 3-4 and 7-8 in the main text according to A. In bars 7-8 in GE (→FE→EE) those signs were reproduced slightly inaccurately.  AI has accents instead of hairpins for d flat2 (a long and a short one), while the accents over a flat1 in bars 4 and 8 are missing.

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b. 5-9

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

A wedge in AI and A

A dot in GE (→FE→EE)
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In bars 5 and 9 all the first editions have staccato dots instead of wedges clearly written in A. Such a characteristic inaccuracy of GE (→FE→EE) occurs throughout the entire Mazurka.

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issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 5-9

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

 in AI

Different accents in A

Long accents in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Long accents in GE2
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Chopin replaced the  written in AI with a long accent in A (→GE1→FE→EE). In GE2 the sign was replaced with diminuendo hairpins.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Placement of markings