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Issues : Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 166

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

No sign in AI & GE

 in AF, possible interpretation

 in AF (contextual interpretation→FE→EE)
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The range of the  hairpin raises doubts in AF due to its arms of different length. A comparison with analogous b. 158, in which the range of  is confirmed by the concordant version of AF and GE, points to the top, shorter arm as the more reliable one. This is how it was reproduced in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , Inaccuracies in A

b. 168

composition: Op. 50 No. 3, Mazurka in C♯ minor

No sign in AI, GE & EE

in AF

Long accent in FE
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Just like in analogous b. 160, in the main text we reproduce the mark of AF. The long accent in FE may result from Chopin's proofreading, which is indicated by the fact that EE does not contain any mark.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 170-172

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

 in A, literal reading

in FE

in GE

in EE

 suggested by the editors
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The interpretation of the three  marks in A can be approached from different angles:

  • Literal interpretation, in which the range of the marks is related to the respective R.H. crotchets, which results in three increasingly shorter marks. Such a version, suggesting increasingly shorter and milder crescendos, matches the descending direction of this sequence;
  • the difference in the range of the first two marks may be regarded as insubstantial, which suggests that all three hairpins should be unified, since the shape of the melody is the same in each bar. We suggest this version in the main text.

The versions of the editions resulted from the marks in b. 170-171 having been unified; none of these changes resembles Chopinesque proofreading process.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in A

b. 174-175

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

 in bar 174 in GC (→GE)

 in bar 175 in FE (→EE1)

2  in EE2
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A comparison with FE, which is also based on [A], suggests that the  hairpin in GC (→GE) was misplaced – cf. b. 171. The copyist's momentary distraction is also supported by the fact that the slur ends too early (see the next note). Two marks in EE2 probably result from a comparison with the version of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors of GC

b. 178-179

composition: Op. 43, Tarantella

 
 
 
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In FE (→IE) diminuendo begins on the second beat of the bar. In EE it begins on the second quaver of the bar. In the main text we provide a version compatible with A, FC3 and GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins