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Op. 22, Andante spianato

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Issues : Long accents

b. 106

composition: Op. 22, Andante spianato

Long accent on d2 in FE

Long accent on e2 in GE1

No mark in EE1

Vertical accent on e2 in EE2

Short accent on e2 in GE2

Short accent on d2 in GE3
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Both the missing accent in EE1 and its placement on the 3rd semiquaver of the bar in GE1 (→GE2) must be mistakes. The oversight of the accent in EE1 could have been repeated after FE, in which the mark was then added in the last phase of proofreading. The addition of the accent in EE2 in an erroneous place may mean that the reviser did not compare this bar with b. 62, but with GE1 (there is also a possibility that it is simply a mistake, e.g. of the engraver).
In the editions that feature an accent here, it was the same type of mark as previously that was used: see b. 99-105.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions

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