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3 short accents in EE2 |
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1 or 3 accents suggested by the editors |
The version with one accent is almost certainly authentic – the lack of further marks could be an oversight, since the same difference occurs in analogous phrases in bars 155-156 and 235-236. On the other hand, it is uncertain which version is later – Chopin could have added the 2nd and 3rd accents in each of the phrases to A after [FC] had been finished or could have removed them in the copy or while proofreading FE1. It is also likely that all accents were added by Chopin as complements – both in A and in [FC] or FE. If the first option were true, the later one (final) would be the A version; if the second option were true – FE; if the third option were true – both should be considered on an equal footing. In this situation in the main text we adopt a variant solution. As far as the differences in the length are concerned, the only reliable source is A, in which the accents are undoubtedly long. The versions with short accents resulted from the engravers not differentiating between the two types of Chopinesque accents.
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations
issues: Long accents, EE revisions, Authentic corrections of FE
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins