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Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 388

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

in FE

in GE & EE
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In the main text, we adopt the  hairpin after FE as the most likely reflection of Chopin's notation in [A]. In GE and EE the sign was slightly shifted in order to fit into the limits of semiquaver beams.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 392

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Staccato dot in FE (→EE)

No mark in GE
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In FE, the engraver (or Chopin himself in [A]) must have overlooked the staccato dot under the 3rd quaver. The mark, most probably after comparison with the next bar, was added by the revisers of EE and GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors 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

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

b. 399

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Staccato dot in FE (→GE) & EE2 (→EE3)

No mark in EE1
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE