Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 5

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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In the absence of [A], it is difficult to determine whether the curved line over the g notes in FE (→GE,EE) is a tie sustaining those notes or a motivic slur (in Chopin's autographs, the differentiation is possible due to the shape of the curved lines). According to us, it is a motivic slur that is more likely here.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies , Tie or slur

b. 5-6

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

3 short accents in FE (→GE,EE)

3 long accents suggested by the editors

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In all sources, 3 subsequent accents in bars 5-6 are short. We consider it to be an inaccuracy of the engraver and suggest long accents in the main text:

  • long notes – in this case dotted g1 minims – are generally provided with long accents by Chopin;
  • the motif at the end of bar 5 is a repetition of the motif in bar 4, in which a long accent is unquestionable in FE.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 14-15

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

FE (→GE)

Our suggestion

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The con forza indication must apply to the R.H., since the L.H. dynamics was defined already in bar 13. The fact that it was placed between the staves could have been forced by extra-musical issues – in FE, there is simply no space above the R.H. part. If the indication was present in [A] above the R.H., Chopin did not have to take care of its precise placement. Due to this reason, in the main text we place the indication above the beginning of the phrase it applies to.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 25-26

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Dashes in bar 25 in FE (→EE)

No dashes in GE

Dashes up to bar 27 suggested by the editors

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In FE (→EE), the dashes marking the range of crescendo are present only in bar 25. It must be an inaccuracy, most probably caused by the transition into a new line – marking the range of cresc. on such a short section would not make sense. That conclusion is confirmed by analogous bars 29-30, in which the dashes are led until . In GE, the markings were completely omitted in both analogous places.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 37

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Long accents in FE (→GE)

Short accents in EE

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In such contexts, we encounter both short and long accents in Chopin's pieces. Therefore, it is difficult to determine without autograph which ones Chopin meant in this bar. In the main text, we preserve the notation of the principal source, i.e. FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE inaccuracies