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Issues : Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 178-180

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

from bar 178 in FC (→GE) & EE
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An earlier start of the  hairpin is most probably an inaccuracy: of the copyist in FC (→GE) and – independently – of the engraver in EE. Cf. analogous b. 629-631.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 180

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

in A (→GE1→GE2)

 in FE & EE

 in FESB

in GE3
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According to the editors, the  sign in A (→GE1→GE2) is entered imprecisely because it includes a rest during which a crescendo cannot be started. In the main text, we give it a scope analogous to the next such sign. A similar interpretation is used in FE and EE, as well as in FESB, in which, however, the sign is reversed (diminuendo instead of crescendo). It's hard to say whether this was an intentional change or a mistake. On the contrary, in GE3 the sign was slightly extended, which was probably a revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , Sign reversal , FE revisions , Revisions in FESB ,

b. 189-192

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

Longer  in A

Shorter  in FE (→EE)

No sign in GE
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The absence of the sign in GE most probably means that it was originally absent also in FE, in which it was however added – perhaps by Chopin – in the last stage of proofreadings of FE. In the main text we give the sign written in A in these bars, slightly longer than in the previous appearances of this phrase.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 192

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No sign in AsI

in A

in GE (→FE,EE)
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In accordance with the widespread engraving manner, in GE and other editions the hairpin was extended to cover the entire bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions

b. 193

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A

in FC

in FE & GE

in EE
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category imprint: Differences between sources

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