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b. 25-26

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No signs in A1

  in CJ & CK (→CB)

 &  in CJ & CK, possible interpretation

in EL
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The  hairpin in b. 25 was conveyed in the sources in rare accord, although one may ponder whether the mark is supposed to reach the end of the bar or the g1 crotchet only. In turn, the second mark in b. 26 in the copies is short enough to be a long accent too, which should then be referred to the beginning of the triplet. The absence of the mark in EL may be Kolberg's oversight or revision, had he considered that due to the  at the beginning of the bar, another mark was unnecessary. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 25

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

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We add a cautionary  before d1 in the main text and in the substantive transcription of A1.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 26

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

Original version in A1

Final version in A1, contextual interpretation

CJ & CK (→CB)

EL
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The initial version of A1 was corrected still in this autograph (inaccurately – the penultimate L.H. quaver, b, remained unchanged), whereas the sources based on [A2] already contain the changed version (regardless of the rhythmic changes). The version of EL may be Kolberg's revision after the analogy with b. 22. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Errors of A , Corrections of AI , Kolberg's revisions , Revisions in EL

b. 26

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No sign in A1

Long accent in CJ, possible reading

Long accent in CK

in CB

 in EL
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The marks in CJ and CK look like long accents, although the one in CJ is written a quaver later. Having compared it with similar b. 22, we consider the mark of CK to be more accurate. The versions of CB and EL cannot be authentic; however, the diminuendo hairpin in EL is one of the possible interpretations of the manuscripts.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in JC , Balakirev's revisions

b. 28

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

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In A1 the L.H. part is marked in an abridged manner as a repetition of the preceding bar (•/•). Chopin used an abbreviation also in [A2] (→CJ,CK), yet the notation is inaccurate – two / marks interpreted literally mean a double repetition of the last figure in the preceding bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Abbreviated notation of A