mUltimate Chopin

Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

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. 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. 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.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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