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Op. 22, Andante spianato

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 99-105

composition: Op. 22, Andante spianato

Long accents in FE (→GE1)

Vertical accents in EE

Short accents in GE2 (→GE3)
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Contrary to b. 55-62, FE include long accents here, i.e. in b. 99-100 and 103-105. We consider it an inaccuracy and we give short accents in the main text. The remaining editions repeated here the accents used for the first time: long in GE1, vertical in EE and short in GE2 (→GE3).

See also b. 106, which we discuss separately due to the mistakes in GE and EE.

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

issues: Long accents , EE revisions

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

Slur in bar 111 in FE (→GE)

Slur to bar 112 in EE
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The longer slur of EE is most probably a revision based on a comparison with analogous bars, e.g. b. 67-68 and 70-71. According to us, Chopin probably added the top slur as the simplest manner of correcting the inaccurate bottom slur, thus abandoning its proofreading.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 112-113

composition: Op. 22, Andante spianato

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Just like in b. 68-69 and analog., EE added a cautionary  before f in b. 112 and f1 in b. 113.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 112-113

composition: Op. 22, Andante spianato

Slur to G in FE (→GE)

Slur to d1 in EE
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The longer slur of EE is the version introduced on the basis of analogy with b. 95-96. Just like in the case of the accent, we believe that a certain independence of performance indications in this very short coda should be observed.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions