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b. 30

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No marks in A1

2 staccato dots in CJ, CK (→CB) & EL
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The staccato dots specify the notation and were introduced in [A2] (→CJ,CK→CB).

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 31

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No sign in A1 & CB

 in CJ & CK

in EL
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In the main text we give the concordant version of CJ and CK. The mark moved to the beginning of the bar is probably Kolberg's revision in the Stichvorlage for EL, which could be a correct guess of Chopin's intention in this case. The overlooked hairpin is most probably Balakirev's mistake. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 47

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

Wedge in A1

Dot in CJ, probable reading

No mark in CK (→CB) & EL
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The mark written over the c2 crotchet in CJ is not such a typical staccato dot as, e.g. the ones in b. 51, but Ludwika (the copyist) was not very careful in this respect – cf., e.g. the marks that are certainly dots, in b. 30 and 52. Therefore, in the main text we adopt the dot both as the text of CJ and in the main text.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in JC

b. 48

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No sign in A1

in CJ & CK

in CB

in EL
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We keep the notation of CJ and CK. The moved or prolonged  hairpin is probably a result of Balakirev's revision in CB, and in the case of EL of Kolberg, Szulc or the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , Balakirev's revisions

b. 49

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No sign in A1

in first half of bar in CJ

 in 2nd half of bar in CK (→CB) & EL
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According to us, it is more likely that this detail was repeated after [A2] more accurately in CJ than in CK (→CB) and EL.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in CK