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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

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Issues : Long accents

b. 46

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

Short accent in FE (→GE,EE)

Long accent suggested by the editors
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In the main text, we suggest a long accent after analogous bars 48 and 95. It is a typical context for long accents, hence we can safely assume that the notation in those two bars conveys the notation of [A] in a more faithful manner.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents

b. 65-67

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

Long accents in FE (→GE)

Short accents in EE
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The long accents at the beginning of bar 65 and 67, legible both in FE and GE, were reduced in EE to common, short accent.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE inaccuracies

b. 96

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt II

2 accents in FE (→EE)

1 accent in GE
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One can ponder what type of accents Chopin meant in this bar – the markings are slightly longer than the undoubtedly short accent in bar 99, but clearly shorter than those in bar 94 (over e4) and 95 (over e). Due to this reason, we assume that they are short accents. The absence of the second marking in GE may be an oversight. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in GE