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Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

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Issues : Errors of A

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. 26

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

Additional crotchet in A (→GE1)

No crotchet c2 in FE (→EE) and AI & GE2
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

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

b. 30

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

in AI and GE2

No mark in A

in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Our suggestion
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There is no asterisk  in A . In the main text we give that mark at the end of the bar, just like Chopin did in the analogous bar 6. In GE1 (→FE→EE) the mark was added under the rest on the 3rd beat of the bar,  following the usual manner in which such marks were interpreted in that edition. In the editors' opinion, editorial revision is slightly more probable here than Chopin's correction. In GE2,  is placed earlier, before the rest. The mark in AI (in bar 6, of which bar 30 is a repetition) has a similar position, yet conformity with GE2 is definitely accidental.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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