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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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Issues : Long accents

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. 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

b. 25-31

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

No markings in AI

3 long accents in A

   in GE1 (→FE→EE)

   in GE2
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The interpretation of the marks at the beginning of bars 25, 27 and 31 as long accents is supported by the analogy with bars 1, 3 and 7, in which Chopin in A wrote the accents in a more precise manner than he did in bars 25, 27 and 31.

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

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 26

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

No accent mark in AI

A long accent in A (→GE1→FE)

 in GE2

A short accent in EE
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The mark in A should clearly be read as a long accent and this is precisely its shape in GE1 (→FE). In EE, the mark was shortened to an ordinary short accent, while in GE2 it was extended to the end of the bar. AI has got no mark here, just like in bar 2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies