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Issues : Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 6-7

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No sign in A1 & EL

in CJ

in CK

in CB

 suggested by the editors
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A1 is devoid of dynamic hairpins and accents in b. 5-18, which is a result of the working nature of this autograph. To the main text we adopt a mark that was an attempt to reconstruct [A2] on the basis of its two representations in CJ and CK. However, the interpretation of both is subject to some uncertainty due to the use of abridged notation of the L.H. part and in CJ also due to the lack of synchronisation in the notation of the parts of both hands. Consequently, the versions of both copies, and even the interpretation of CK given in CB, may be considered a potentially accurate interpretation of Chopin's intention. The absence of the mark in EL is probably a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , Balakirev's revisions

b. 7

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

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The crescendo hairpins differ slightly in their range. In comparison with A (→GE), in FE the hairpins are extended on the entire penultimate triplet group. In EE they are totally absent (cf. remark concerning bars 7-9).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 7-8

composition: Op. 25 No 2, Etude in F minor

  in AT

  in AW

No signs in GC (→GE)

  in CDP & FE

  in EE
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The missing   in GC (→GE) is probably the copyist's oversight. Among marginal differences in the range of signs in particular sources, only the shorter hairpins of AW may suggest a slightly different shaping of the nuance. In the main text, we give the hairpins on the basis of FE (and CDP).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors of GC

b. 7-8

composition: Op. 64 No 3, Waltz in A♭ major

Hairpins in A

FE (→EE), GE2op (→GE3op) & GE2Ab

No signs in GE1op & GE1Ab
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The  hairpin is shifted in FE – contrary to A – to the beginning of the bar. In the editors opinion, this is due to inaccuracy. In GE1op and GE1Ab both  and  signs were overlooked in these bars, what later versions of GE supplemented.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors in GE

b. 7-8

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

Two equal  signs in GC

One  in FE

One longer  in GE1

Differing  in GE2mar (→GE2)

One shorter  in EE1

Differing  in EE2
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The notation of GC, representing the abbreviated notation of [A], indicates, according to us, two  signs. A similar conclusion was reached by the reviser of GE2mar (→GE2), whereas FE and GE1 give a hairpin only in bar 7. Interestingly, in an analogous situation in bars 11-12, all editions put the indications in both bars (yet they differ in the way of considering the pedalling). As far as the range of the signs is concerned, in the main text we adopt the averaged signs of GC and FE, as the present between them one semiquaver difference seems to be unimportant. The longer signs of GE and shorter of EE are probably an inaccuracy of interpretation of the base texts.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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