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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 3-4

composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

Eight accents in GC (→GE) & EE

Eight  in FE

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 indications in FE is the original version – in GC one can see that Chopin deleted all of them and replaced them with accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections in GC

b. 5-6

composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

Short accents in GC (→GE)

Long accents in FE & EE

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The accents in GC (→GE) do not show varied features in these bars and are shorter than, e.g., the ones in GC in bars 9-10. In turn, in FE, and particularly in EE, the first five signs are clearly longer than the sixth one. It is hard to determine how this difference occurred and, as a consequence, what was Chopin's intention in this regard. Therefore, in the main text we reproduce the notation of the basic source, i.e. GC. See also bars 107-108.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 7-10

composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

Long accents in GC & EE

Different accents in FE

Short accents in GE

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Three out of four accents in GC are undoubtedly long accents, the fourth one (in bar 8) may be interpreted as either long or short. In GE they were reproduced as short. EE includes distinct long accents in all these bars, FE – only in bars 9-10, yet the one in bar 7 may also be considered as long. Therefore, it seems that the use of long accents by Chopin is much more likely here. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 15-16

composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

Two long accents in GC & EE

No marks in FE

Two short accents in GE

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Lack of accents in FE must be considered as an inaccuracy, Chopin probably corrected this fragment (bars 15-21) in the base text to this edition less carefully – cf. notes to bars 17-1920 and 21). The short accents in GE are a result of misunderstanding the idea of the long accent by the engravers and revisers.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 17-19

composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor

Eight long accents in GC

No marks in FE

Nine long accents in EE

Eight short accents in GE1

Nine short accents in GE2 (→GE3)

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Lack of the accent at the beginning of bar 17 in GC (→GE1) at the beginning of bar 17 is most probably Chopin's oversight, who would add accents in these bars in GC. The sign is present in EE, whose base text was also probably completed by Chopin in this way. The accent was added in GE2 (→GE3) too. In FE there are no accents of dynamic character in bars 15-20.

In GE all accents were interpreted as shorts, contrary to the compatible, distinct notation of GC and EE (cf. the short accent in bar 20).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections in GC