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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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Issues : GE revisions

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. 5

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

in AI

Without  in A

 in GE (→FE→EE)

Our suggestion
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A has no pedal release mark in this bar. A comparison with the concurrent version in all analogous bars (9, 29 & 33) lets us regard this lack as a mistake. In the main text, in keeping with the A notation in these bars we supplement the  mark at the end of bar. In GE1 (→FE→EE) the asterisk was added under a rest, in accordance to a rule applied by GE in the entire opus. It is probably an editor's revision although Chopin's correction cannot be completely ruled out.

The mark's placement in AI is not quite clear— falls under the R.H. quaver g1 but before the rest in the L.H. We take the latter relation as authoritative.

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

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 8

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

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 13-20

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

L.H. rhythm and slur in AI

A, slurs interpreted

Without slur in bar 12 in GE1

Inaccurate slur in bar 15 in FE (→EE)

Arbitrary supplements in GE2

Our suggestion
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In A (→GE→FE→EE) Chopin modified the articulation of the L.H. part in relation to AI by separating shorter motifs by means of slurs, quavers and rests. Inaccurate notation of slurs appears both in A (in bars 15, 17 & 19-20) and in the editions—in GE1 (→FE→EE) in bar 13, and in FE (→EE) also in bar 15. Moreover, GE2 introduced arbitrary supplements to the slurring in bars 12-14, 15-16 & 17-18. We propose the slurs of A, interpreted and supplemented according to the divisions indicated by the rhythmic values.

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

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 14-16

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

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In bars 14 and 16 we add cautionary accidentals for b, g and a in the lower voice. The accidentals for b and a were added already in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions