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Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 16

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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The tight spacing in GE seems to be the reason for increasing inaccuracies in the extent of the hairpins  in FE and EE. In the latter, the sign has the form of an inverted accent. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 16

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

A long accent in A (→GE1→FE)

A short accent in EE and GE2 (→GE3)
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The long accent of A was quite faithfully reproduced in GE1 (→FE). Still, in EE and GE2 (→GE3) the sign was shortened to an ordinary short accent. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 16

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

in GC

 in FE (→ EE1)

in GE

in EE2
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The differences between GC, FE (→EE1) and GE seem to be accidental inaccuracies. The solution we suggest in the main text is an attempt to reconstruct [A] on the basis of the discrepancies between GC and FE. The same range of the  hairpin was introduced in EE2 - probably on the basis of a comparison of FE with GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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

b. 16-19

composition: Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor

stretto - - - in A

stretto - - - in FC

stretto - - - in GE

stretto - - - in FE

stretto - - - in CGS
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In the notation of A it is not entirely clear where Chopin wanted to begin stretto or how far the dashes marking its range are supposed to reach. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that the remaining sources reproduce those details differently, which we consider inaccuracies, with the exception of the version of GE, in which the dashes are led as far as to the beginning of b. 19, which is clearly contrary to the notation of FC. In the main text we assume that stretto is to be combined rather with g2 than a1 and that the dashes reach f1 in b. 18. The major divergence from the Chopinesque notation is to be seen in CGS, in which stretto is written in the middle of the 1st half of b. 16 and the dashes only just in the 2nd half of b. 17, as a result of which it is actually unclear how they are to be considered jointly (in that copy, just like in FE, the entire indication is placed between the staves). It was probably caused by lack of space between the staves.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in FC , Inaccuracies in A , Errors in CGS

b. 17-29

composition: Op. 24 No. 1, Mazurka in G minor

A and GE2 (→GE3): 4 dots in bars 17, 21, 25, 29

GE1 (→FE): 2 dots in bars 21 and 29

EE: one dot in bar 21
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In A, Chopin marked staccato for the F notes in bars 17, 21, 25 and 29. In GE1 (→FE→EE), the dots were omitted in bars 17 and 25, and in EE also in bar 29. The reviewer of GE2 (→GE3) supplemented the missing dots, possibly on the basis of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies