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Issues : Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 41

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

New  in AI & A (→FE→GE,EE)

Continued  suggested by the editors
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According to us, the  mark used by Chopin is to be understood as continuation of the previous one, which is indicated by the homogeneity of figurations and structural issues (four-bar section with 1+1+2 structure). In the times of Chopin, two signs  |  at the transition between the lines were commonly interchangeably used with  | .

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 44-45

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

No hairpin in FE (→EE)

 in GE

Our alternative suggestion
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In the main text we give the hairpins  of GE. As an alternative we propose a version which can be considered an attempt to reinterpret the mark.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 68-69

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

No hairpin in FE (→EE)

 in GE

Our alternative suggestion
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In the main text we give the hairpins  of GE. As an alternative, we propose a version which can be considered an attempt to reinterpret the sign.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 69-70

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 addition of the engraver of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions , Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 72-73

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

No hairpins in FE (→EE)

 in GE

Our suggestion

Alternative suggestion
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Lack of  signs in FE (→EE) is probably a result of a less precise marking of [A1]. The comparison with analogous bars in the entire Prelude indicates a possibility of an inaccurate (incomplete) notation also in GE. Due to that fact, in the main text we propose to complete the sign in bar 72. We also give an alternative proposition (one-and-a-half bar  sign), based on the prevailing in GE way of marking similar bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Hairpins denoting continuation