Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
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b. 1-5
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composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major
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In the main text we give 5 long accents placed between the staves, which corresponds to the unequivocal notation of A1. The notation of GE1 is generally compliant with the above, although it is difficult to say conclusively whether they are short or long accents on the basis of GE1 only; anyway, they are slightly longer than the majority of the accents in the middle section of the Mazurka. The version of the remaining editions, with short accents over the top stave, must be a result of routine revision: the engravers of FE and GE2 reproduced the marks in the same manner, yet independently. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , Placement of markings , GE revisions |
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b. 9-10
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composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major
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Chopin added two staccato dots in [A2] (→GE), probably as a performance model for further similarly shaped bars. In this case, one can rule out a possible Chopinesque proofreading of GE1, since the layout of the pedalling markings already took those bars into consideration. The same applies to the subsequent repetition of those bars, which are not written out in A1 (b. 40-41 and 84-85). category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations |
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b. 36-37
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composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major
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In the main text we include the long accents written in A1. An analysis of the crossings-out and corrections in that autograph suggests that Chopin added the accents while performing the last corrections in the finished manuscript, probably after [A2] had already been written. The composer's intention is also confirmed by possible Chopinesque proofreading of FE in b. 37: the fact that the accent was added in the last stage of proofreading is indicated by the absence of the mark in EE. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Long accents , Corrections in A , EE inaccuracies , Deletions in A , Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 39
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composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major
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The category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE |
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b. 40
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composition: Op. 50 No. 2, Mazurka in A♭ major
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Just like in b. 9-10, the staccato dots under the bass notes come from [A2] (→GE). In A1 the dot is written in b. 40, yet it was not included in FE (→EE), probably considering the bar to have been written approximately: it opens the group of bars marked in an abridged manner as repetition of b. 9-27; Chopin wrote out only the L.H. part in that bar. Since the L.H. part is written here more accurately than in b. 9, in our transcription of A1 we include the more accurate markings, i.e. the dot and the arpeggio mark on the 2nd beat of the bar. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE |
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