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Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 21

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Hairpin up to 3rd quaver in FE (→GE)

No hairpin in EE1 (→EE2)

Hairpin above R.H. in EE3

Hairpin to 4th quaver suggested by the editors
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The hairpin placed in FE (→GE) is imprecise: it ends at the level of the 3rd quaver in the bar. We suggest prolonging the mark to the end of the phrase. The engraver of EE1 (→EE2) completely overlooked the hairpin. It was only just the reviser of EE3 that added it (over the R.H.).

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 24-25

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

No marks in FE (→GE)

Dashes in EE
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EE added dashes between all elements of poco a poco cresc, which cannot be considered unjustified if we take into account considerable gaps between subsequent words. There is a similar situation in bars 28-29.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 28-29

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

No marks in FE (→GE)

Dashes in EE
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 31-32

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

No accents in FE (→GE)

1 accent in EE

Our variant suggestion
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The missing two accents on the penultimate semiquaver in the R.H. in bar 31 and the 3rd semiquaver in bar 32 may be an oversight of the engraver of FE or of Chopin himself. We suggest adding those marks like it is in analog. bars 33 and 34. One accent, in bar 31, was added by the reviser of EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 35

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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In the sequence led in parallel sixths, the accidentals on the 2nd and 3rd beats of the bar (until the b2-g3 crotchet) are written in the sources as if it constituted a separate bar and as if the L.H. were significantly or totally written on a separate (bottom) stave:

  • in FE, accidentals are present before each note of the R.H., including the first g1, as well as before seven notes in the L.H. – from b to g1 and b1;
  • GE repeated all accidentals present in FE except for the  before the first b in the L.H.; moreover, accidentals were added before the 2nd part of the undecuplet in the L.H., from c2 to a2;
  • EE provided each note in both hands with accidentals.

We base the main text on the notation of FE, removing three least justified, according to us, cautionary accidentals – the ​​​​​​​ before g1 in the R.H. and the naturals before b and b1​​ in the L.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals