Issues : Long accents
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b. 5-6
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composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor
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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 |
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b. 7-10
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composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor
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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 |
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b. 15-16
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composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor
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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 17-19, 20 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 |
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b. 17-19
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composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor
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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 |
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b. 24-25
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composition: Op. 25 No 10, Etude in B minor
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In the main text we give differentiated accents, written most probably with Chopin's hand in GC. GE reproduced all of them as short ones, EE too. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections in GC |
