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b. 5

composition: Op. 24 No. 2, Mazurka in C major

The double bar line in A (→GE2→GE3)

The single bar line in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The double bar line that can be seen in A was omitted from GE1 (→FE→EE). As no traces of correcting are visible, this is most probably a mistake. The double bar line was restored in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 5-6

composition: Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

Long accent in A & EE

Short accent in FE (→GE)
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In A the accent in bar 5 is significantly longer than the one in bar 6 (similarly in bars 9-10). A minor difference was reproduced only in EE, which is probably a fortuitous coincidence.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 5-6

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

Slur continued in A (→FE→EE)

New slur in GE
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Due to accumulating inaccuracies, caused by the transition to a new line – in FE and GE it begins in bar 6 – the slur in GE ends in bar 5, whereas bar 6 is embraced with a new slur (although in GE1op and GE1Ab the slur in bar 6 suggests a continuation). In the main text, we give the unequivocal slurring of A (→FE→EE). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 5

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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In the absence of [A], it is difficult to determine whether the curved line over the g notes in FE (→GE,EE) is a tie sustaining those notes or a motivic slur (in Chopin's autographs, the differentiation is possible due to the shape of the curved lines). According to us, it is a motivic slur that is more likely here.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies , Tie or slur

b. 5-6

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

3 short accents in FE (→GE,EE)

3 long accents suggested by the editors
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In all sources, 3 subsequent accents in bars 5-6 are short. We consider it to be an inaccuracy of the engraver and suggest long accents in the main text:

  • long notes – in this case dotted g1 minims – are generally provided with long accents by Chopin;
  • the motif at the end of bar 5 is a repetition of the motif in bar 4, in which a long accent is unquestionable in FE.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies