Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 1

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

The dedication in AI

The title and dedication in A (→GE1)

FE and GE2

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AI is not titled, and the dedication written there differs from the later one that Chopin wrote for the entire opus in A (→GEFEEE). The replacement of 4 Mazurkas with Quatre Mazurkas in FE and GE2 does not change the content of the authentic title from A (→GE1). However, the addition to the title in EE is definitely inauthentic; the English editor used to add the expression Souvenir de la Pologne to each consecutive opus of Chopin's mazurkas.

 

 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies

b. 26

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

No accent mark in AI

A long accent in A (→GE1FE)

 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

b. 27-32

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

Accents in AI

& accents in A, literal reading

Contextual interpretation of & accents in A (→GE2)

& accents in GE1 (→FE)

Our suggestion

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

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies , Unclear hairpins in A

b. 29-33

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

 in AI

Long accents in A and GE2

Long accents in GE1 (→FE)

Different accents in EE

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A has long accents below the triplets on the 2nd beat in bars 29 & 33. In GE1 (→FEEE) accents were placed over the R.H. part (a shorter sign in EE certainly reflects an inaccurate accent in FE). In GE2 the notation of A was reinstated, which we also accept as our main text. In AI bars 29 & 33 are notated as a repetition of bars 5 & 9, which have  below the L.H. chords on beat 2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies

b. 34-35

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

No mark in AI

 in A

 in GE (→FE)

 in EE

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We give sign in the main text according to A. In GE (→FE) the sign is reproduced somewhat inaccurately, and in EE it is yet shortened. In AI, as in bar 11, there is no hairpin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , EE inaccuracies