Issues : Long accents

b. 9-10

composition: Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

Two accents in A

Long accent in FE (→EE)

Short accent in GE

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In FE the type of the accent in bar 9 (short or long) is not obvious – in GE it was reproduced as short, in EE – as long. In FE (→GE,EE) the short accent in bar 10 was overlooked. In FED Chopin added a long accent in bar 9, confirming the printed sign.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 9-10

composition: Op. 25 No 4, Etude in A minor

Different accents in A

Short accents in FC (→GE), FE & EE

Long accents alternatively suggested by the editors

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It is not entirely clear which type of accents Chopin had in mind in these bars (similarly in bars 39-40). The second of them is undoubtedly a long accent, yet the first one, in spite of a seemingly analogous situation, can hardly be considered to be such an accent. As the notation of accents in the Etudes is not very precise, we consider it to be acceptable to see both signs as long accents.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 10-12

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

 
 
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We give long accents after A. EE is lacking the accent in bar 10.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 10

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

A long accent in A

A short accent in GE (→FEEE)

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The long accent of A was reproduced as a short one in GE (→FEEE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 10-11

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

Accents in A

Accent in FE (→GE,EE)

Our interpretation of accents in A

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The accent in bar 10 in A is shorter than a few previous ones and the one in bar 11; however, it seems to be an inaccurate notation. In the editions the sign in bar 11 was omitted.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE