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Op. 22, Andante spianato

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 74-86

composition: Op. 22, Andante spianato

3 shorter, 1 longer slur in FE

4 shorter slurs in GE

3 longer slurs, 1 shorter in EE

4 longer slurs suggested by the editors
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In b. 74, 75, 77 and 86 the slurs over the L.H. part in FE are thrice led to the last quaver (d1 or b) and only once – in b. 75 – to the crotchet ending the motif. According to us, it is probably an inaccuracy, and the slurs should always reach the last note, like in the R.H. In GE the slurs were unified by shortening the one in b. 75; it may be an inaccuracy. In turn, in EE the slur in b. 74 was extended (the range of the slur in b. 86 is vague).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 96

composition: Op. 22, Andante spianato

Slur to end of bar in FE

Slur to d1 in GE1 & EE

Slur to d in GE2 (→GE3)
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The sources differ in the range of the last L.H. slur in this section. In the main text we reproduce the notation of FE, in which the slur reaches the end of the bar, and the final part of the slur resembles a 'slur-tenuto'. This detail was not reproduced both in EE and GE1, in which the slur reaches the last crotchet. In GE2 (→GE3) the slur was adjusted to the bottom L.H. voice, which made it even shorter.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 111-112

composition: Op. 22, Andante spianato

Short accents in FE (→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)

Long accents in GE1

Long & short accent suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest differentiated accents after analogous b. 67-68 and 70-71. In the face of uncertainty concerning Chopin's intention as to the type of the accents used, the remaining versions can be considered equivalent variants.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions