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Different accents suggested by the editors |
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Long accents in GE |
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When interpreted literally, both accents in A seem to be identical and rather short – cf. the long accents in the middle of bar 228 and 230. However, it is the comparison with these bars, as well as with bar 311, 313 and 315, that suggests that Chopin could have wanted to differentiate between them. We can actually see a difference in their length if we compare the top arms of both marks, which, most probably written first, can be considered to be written more carefully, hence more reliable. Taking that into account, in the main text we suggest a short accent at the beginning of the bar and a long accent in the middle. GE standardised the marks as long accents.
The absence of the accents in FE (→EE1) almost certainly means that they were absent in A while [FC] was being developed, serving as the basis for FE – Chopin added the accents to A after the copy had been finished. In EE2 the accents were added on the basis of GE1, interpreting them as short.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources
issues: Long accents, EE revisions, Inaccuracies in A
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins