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Issues : Long accents
b. 1-2
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composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major
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The long accent under f2 at the beginning of bar 2 in #AW is the original concept of dynamic markings in these bars. In A one can see that Chopin rejected the accent (placed above this note) in favour of a pair of category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Deletions in A |
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b. 6
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composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major
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Neither in AI nor in A is the type of accent Chopin thought of here clear. The sign is visibly shorter in AI than in A, therefore, we interpret it as a short and long accent, respectively. This is how we give it in the main text. According to us, it is highly likely that a long accent was written also in the base text to FE, reproduced inaccurately as category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Long accents |
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b. 13
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composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major
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The type of accent used in AI may raise doubts. We interpret it as a long accent, as the sign is clearly bigger than the short accents in bars 6 and 10. In the final version, Chopin rejected the accent, choosing a pair of category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Long accents |
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b. 15
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composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major
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The sign in A may be considered as a long accent, yet according to us, it is much more likely that Chopin had diminuendo hairpins in mind, closing the dynamic wave in this bar. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Long accents , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions |
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b. 16
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composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major
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In GE1 (→GE1a) the undeniable long accent of A was reproduced as short. In the second German edition (GE2 and GE3), the sign was slightly extended, hence we assume that the edition includes a long accent, in accordance with A. It is hard to state to what an extent the category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Long accents |