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5 long accents in A1 |
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5 short accents in FE |
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3 long, 2 short accents in GE1 |
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2 long, 3 short accents in GE2 |
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3 short accents in EE |
Like in b. 73-75, it is very difficult to determine the type of accents Chopin meant in b. 81-83. Therefore, we are going to discuss the versions of the particular sources and try to explain the origin of the differences:
- In A1 there are undoubtedly five identical accents in b. 81-83 that look like typical long accents; admittedly, they are shorter than the marks in b. 6 or 26 as well as in b. 56 and 76, but also clearly different (longer) than the accents in b. 17 and 21.
- In FE all marks in b. 81-83 were reproduced as short accents; however, their status is not identical, since the absence of the marks in b. 81-82 in EE suggests that they were added in FE1 at the time of proofreading, hence it was only the marks in b. 83 that were printed on the basis of A1. It is uncertain whether and to what extent Chopin took part in the first stage of proofreading, as a result of which we are unable to resolve the doubts concerning the intended type of accents.
- The marks in GE1 are clearly different in terms of their length, whereby the marks in b. 83, although each of different length, are shorter than the marks in b. 81-82. Taking into account the other remaining sources and b. 73-76, one can assume that they are 2 long and 3 short accents, respectively. This is how it was reproduced in GE2, in a standardised form. According to us, the differences between the accents almost certainly resulted from the notation of [A2], which thereby must have had included subtle nuances, absent in the earlier A1. Due to the above reason, we adopt such differentiated accents in the main text.
category imprint: Differences between sources
issues: Long accents, GE revisions, Authentic corrections of FE
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
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