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Op. 22, Andante spianato

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 85-89

composition: Op. 22, Andante spianato

Short accents in FE & GE2 (→GE3), literal reading

Short accents in EE, literal reading

Short accents in FE (→EE) & GE2 (→GE3), contextual interpretation

Long accents in GE1, literal reading

Long accents in GE1, contextual interpretation
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In accordance with the analysis carried out in b. 73-75, in the main text we move the accents in b. 85, 86 and 89:

  • we move the first mark in b. 85 over the L.H. fifth, in accordance with b. 73. The difference between these bars could have resulted from a different layout – the mark in b. 85 was placed next to the notehead, which was a routine action of engravers and could have been performed contrary to the notation of [A];
  • we assign the accent in b. 86 to the R.H., after b. 74;
  • we move the accent in b. 89 over the minim, which is mainly of ordering nature.

We reproduce the long (GE1) or short (the remaining sources) accents in accordance with the analysis of b. 67-72.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , EE revisions

b. 87-95

composition: Op. 22, Andante spianato

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In the main text we omit the additional slur over the R.H. triplet, present in b. 87 in all sources: cf. General Editorial Principles, p. 16. In EE a similar slur is also present in the L.H. in b. 95.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Triplet slurs

b. 90

composition: Op. 22, Andante spianato

Short R.H. accent in FE & GE2 (→GE3)

Long R.H. accent in GE1

Short accents in EE

Short accents suggested by the editors

Long accents, our alternative suggestion
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In the main text we suggest adding an accent in the L.H. after analogous b. 78. The mark was already added in EE. The accent may be considered short or long: see b. 67-72.

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

issues: Long accents , EE revisions

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. 97-100

composition: Op. 22, Andante spianato

No slurs in FE (→GE)

Slurs in EE
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The missing four slurs in FE (→GE) must be an oversight, perhaps of Chopin himself. Therefore, in the main text we include the obvious addition introduced in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions