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Issues : Long accents

b. 596

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No mark in EE

 in GC (literal reading)

Long accent in GC (contextual interpretation) & FE

 in GE
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The meaning of the mark in GC in not obvious. At the first glance we have a full bar hairpin , which was interpreted as such by the engraver or revisor of GE and notated above the RH part as diminuendo must have seemed more reeasonable. However, the GC notation implies clearly that the mark does not apply solely to LH but the A1-A octave in particular, which also allows it to be seen as a long accent. FE confirms such interpretetation, where the ocatve is marked with a typical long accent.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , GE revisions

b. 601

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Long accent in EE, contextual interpretation of GC (→GE) & FE

GC (→GE2), literal reading

FE, literal reading

No sign in GE1
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Regradless of the differences in length and placement, the marks in all the sources (except GE1, where there is no mark) clearly fall on the minim on the second beat of the bar, which allows for seeing a long accent here - more or less precisely copied.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Long accents

b. 607-611

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Short accents in EE

Long accents in FE, probable reading of GC

Possible short accents in GC (→GE)
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In bars 607 and 611 in EE, there are (short) accents both in the LH and RH parts. It is uncertain that such a version is authentic (cf. 606-620). The accents in GC (marked in bars 575 and 579) may be interpreted both as long or short. In GE they were read as short ones. For the main text we adopt the long accents of FE. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions

b. 616

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

Accent in FE (→EE)

No mark in GE

Long accent suggested by the editors

Our alternative suggestion
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The accent, placed in FE (→EE) over the non-played note, must have been inaccurately reproduced. According to Chopin, it could have applied to the b1-b​​​​​​​2 octave at the beginning of the bar or to d2 in the bottom voice. In the main text, we adopt the latter, since it interferes with the original notation to a lesser extent (we give a long accent, much more likely in this context). Omission of the mark in GE is probably an oversight.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Placement of markings

b. 617

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Short accent in EE & GC (→GE)

Long accent in FE
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In the main text we present a short accent based on GC (→GE). In EE the mark is placed below the note, which most probably does not correspond with the manuscript. In FE the accent is long and it is uncertain whether it applies to RH only.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents