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Issues : Centrally placed marks

b. 22-23

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

No markings in A

 in FE (→GE,EE)

Our suggestion
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Both dynamic indications in these bars were added by Chopin during a proofreading of FE (→GE,EE). The  mark was placed at the beginning of the 2nd crotchet in bar 23, which is either a mistake (cf. bar 9) or an example of a notation's convention, sometimes used by Chopin, according to which the mark is not placed at the beginning, yet in the middle of its range of validity (cf. the Etude in C major, No. 1, bar 45).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Centrally placed marks

b. 23

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

legatiss. in FE (→GE,EE)

legatiss. suggested by the editors
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According to us, the placement of the legatissimo indication, if it reproduces the notation of the autograph accurately, is of a conventional nature – there is no reason for that indication not to concern also the first half of the bar. Due to that reason, we place it slightly earlier in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Centrally placed marks , Legato & slurs

b. 27-28

composition: Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

Indications in AI

A, literal reading

Contextual interpretation of A (→FE→GE,EE)
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Despite the difference in arrangement and number of indications, the character and flow of this phrase were not subject to any change, as it seems. The fact of having written under the 2nd octave in bar 28 in A is most probably an example of a manner of arranging indications near the middle of the scope of their validity and this is how it was interpreted in FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Centrally placed marks

b. 29

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

 before 2nd beat in the sources

 at the beginning of bar suggested by the editors
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Centrally placed marks

b. 31-32

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

 in FE (→EE)

GE
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Placing  at the beginning of a new phrase seems to be much more natural. It cannot be ruled out that the sign in [A2] (→GE) was written by Chopin at the transition of the bars and also included the preceding minim in his intentions. That type of notation, nowadays incomprehensible, can sometimes be found in Chopin’s works. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Centrally placed marks