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Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

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Issues : Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 6-7

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

Two  signs in FE (→EE)

Possible interpretation of FE1

GE

Our variant suggestion
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In the main text we suggest a variant solution that takes into account both the version of GE and that of FE (→EE). The two   marks that can be seen in FE1 (→FE2, EE) could correspond to one longer mark in the autograph, as in Chopin's times publishers used to replace a single hairpin mark   with two marks when it had to be divided because of a new line of text. For that reason we also propose an alternative version with such an interpretation of the marks. Due to differences in sources and clear analogies in the structure of motifs, the same problem also appears in ten other similar places in the Prelude (on this page in bars 10-11 and 20-21).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 20-21

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

 in FE1 (→EE) & GE

Two hairpins in FE2
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In the main text we give the  mark stretching across one and a half bars, according to FE1 (→EE) and GE. The notation of FE2, although it meant the same in the context, can nonetheless be treated as an alternative version.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 36-37

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

Two  in FE

 in GE & EE
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For the main text – as in the remaining similar fragments – we adopt the version based on GE. The version of FE can be considered as an equivalent variant of the notation. EE has one sign, similarly to GE, which results from the interpretation of the signs of FE as the ones marking the continuation of the change of dynamics.

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issues: EE revisions , Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 44-45

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

No hairpin in FE (→EE)

 in GE

Our alternative suggestion
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In the main text we give the hairpins  of GE. As an alternative we propose a version which can be considered an attempt to reinterpret the mark.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 68-69

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

No hairpin in FE (→EE)

 in GE

Our alternative suggestion
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In the main text we give the hairpins  of GE. As an alternative, we propose a version which can be considered an attempt to reinterpret the sign.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Hairpins denoting continuation