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Issues : Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 105-106

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

 in A

 in FE (→EE)

No sign in GE1op & GE1Ab (→GE2Ab)

 in #GE2 op (→GE3op)
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In the main text, we give the  hairpin on the basis of A. The versions of the editions are either an inaccurate image of A, as it is in the case of FE (→EE), or a result of a revision unifying similar places – GE2op (→GE3op). In the remaining GE the sign was overlooked.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 107-108

composition: Op. 29, Impromptu in A♭ major

 
 
 
 
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The sources differ in the range of diminuendo hairpins and placement of the indication dim. In A the hairpins begin between the 2nd and 3rd quaver, in EE under the 4th quaver, while in FE and GE under the 1st one. Moreover, in GE the range of hairpins was shortened, hence they include only bar 107. We adopt the notation of A and leave the typical for Chopin placement of dim. on an arm of the hairpins.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 107-108

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

 in A

 in FE (→EE)

No sign in GE
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The moment of the beginning of the  sign in A is unclear. We assume the top arm, written first, to be reliable. In FE (→EE) the sign starts from the beginning of the bar, which may be considered an alternative interpretation of A, however, the fact of shortening the sign is a patent inaccuracy of the engraver. The missing hairpin in GE is probably an oversight or a proof of the fact that the sign was added only in the last proofreading of FE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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

b. 109-128

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

Shorter  in A

Longer  in FE (→GE,EE)
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Similarly as in bars 45-48, the  hairpins in bars 109-112 and 125-128 are only in the version prepared for print and the first of the signs begins in the editions clearly earlier than in A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 110-111

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

 in A, literal reading

 up to f2 in FE

 1 bar in GE1op, GE1Ab (→GE2Ab) & EE

No sign in GE2op (→GE3op)
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According to us, the notation of A clearly suggests a continuation of the  hairpin in bar 111, which was not written out, in accordance with a sign corresponding it in bar 3. In the editions, however, it was only the sign in bar 110 that was more or less accurately reproduced. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors in GE , EE inaccuracies