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Issues : Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 23-24

composition: Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor

No signs in AI

Two  in FE

 in GE1 (→GE1a→GE2→GE3)

 in GE4 (→GE5)

Two  in EE

 suggested by the editors
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In bars 21-26 the dynamic signs were not marked in AI. In bars 23-24, FE (→EE) has two separate signs, the second out of which (in bar 24) was, however, not included in GE, which can mean that Chopin added it in the last proofreading of FE. According to us, the melodically homogeneous context suggests that  in bar 24 is to be understood as continuation of the previous one.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 25-26

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

 in bars 25-26 in A (→GE)

  in FE

 in bar 26 in EE
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In FE (same as in our transcripts) bar 26 falls on a new line. The division of the  sign was performed in such a way that in both bars a respectively shortened  hairpin was printed (according to the then used earlier convention). EE overlooked the first sign.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in EE , Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 26-27

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

Two  signs in GC (→GE)

Two-bar  in FE (→EE)
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One  sign in FE (→EE) is most probably an arbitrary decision of the engraver of FE. It is proved by bars 214-215, in which all sources have a one-bar-long compatible , which in the manuscripts, hence also in the base text to FE, was marked only as repetition of the discussed bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions , Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 36-37

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

Two  in FE

 in GE & EE
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For the main text – as in the remaining similar fragments – we adopt the version based on GE. The version of FE can be considered as an equivalent variant of the notation. EE has one sign, similarly to GE, which results from the interpretation of the signs of FE as the ones marking the continuation of the change of dynamics.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 36-37

composition: Op. 28 No. 5, Prelude in D major

 in A, contextual interpretation

Shorter  in FC (→GE)
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In A this bar opens a new line, while the  mark begins still before the accolade, which suggests that it should start earlier, e.g. in the previous bar. Therefore, it is almost certain that considering it an extension of the  hairpin from the preceding bars, as it was performed both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE), is right.
The slightly shorter mark in FC (→GE) is an inaccuracy of the copyist.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC , Hairpins denoting continuation