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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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Issues : Placement of markings

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. 30

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

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AI has no  here; Chopin wrote it later in A (→GE→FE→EE). The marking in A is placed over the R.H. what seems to have no special meaning here. We put it—following first editions—in a standard position between staves.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Placement of markings

b. 36-38

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

No pedal marks in AI

in A, literal reading

in A, contextual interpretation

 in GE1 (→FE)

in EE

 in GE2
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 A  has the asterisks  written at the end of those bars, although the mark in bar 37, when read literally, falls under the 3rd crotchet.  In GE1 (→FE) all the three marks are placed under the 3rd crotchet. In EE, the notation of FE in bars 37-38 was reproduced inaccurately, evidently due to graphic difficulties (pedalling for the last line, from bar 37, was written between the staves). In GE2 attempts were probably made to reproduce the notation of A, yet the effect of the changes  in bar 36, and particularly in bar. 38, is unclear.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Placement of markings , EE inaccuracies