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Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 378

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Long accent in FE

Short accent in GE & EE
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The accent mark in FE is slightly but distinctly longer than the short accents in the previous bars. However, the remaining editions found this difference negligible.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 383-384

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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In FE (→GE), there is no ending of the slur in a new line. It is one of the frequent mistakes of first editions. The continuation of the slur was added by the reviser of EE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , Uncertain slur continuation , Errors repeated in GE

b. 393

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Short accent in FE (→GE,EE)

Long accent suggested by the editors
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According to us, the short accent in FE (→GE,EE) is an inaccuracy of the engraver – cf. a much longer sign in similar bar 385.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 396-399

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Slurs in FE

Slurs in GE & EE
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In FE, the slurs that begin in bar 396 and 398 (and also 400) end on the 5th semiquaver of the following bar, in a place where a new slur also begins. In this context, it is to be considered an inaccuracy. Perhaps the engraver literally conveyed Chopin's bold, imprecise slurs, which are frequently encountered in his autographs. The revisers of GE and EE correctly ended those slurs on the 4th semiquavers of the discussed bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 396-399

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Hairpins in FE

Hairpins in GE

No marks in EE1 (→EE2)

Hairpins in EE3

Hairpins suggested by the editors
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Small differences in range of the  hairpins in FE in bars 396-399 (as well as 400-401) are haphazard in nature and unintentional. Therefore, in the main text, we unify them following the example of the signs in bars 398 and 401, which, according to us, convey a possible meaning of those marks best – they serve as long accents, emphasisng the seventh of the diminished seventh chord (the 1st note of each group of four semiquavers) with regard to its resolution (the 3rd note).
In GE the notation of FE was reproduced with slight inaccuracies, however in EE1 (→EE2), the signs were omitted. It was only just the reviser of EE3 that added them, extending them to the entire semiquaver group in almost all cases. 

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

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in EE