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WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 52

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No sign in A1

in CJ & CK

in CB & EL
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 52

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No marks in A1, CK (→CB) & EL

Staccato dots in CJ
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Like in b. 51, Chopin used staccato dots in  to specify a nuance of articulation in [A2]. However, this detail was repeated here only in CJ .

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in CK

b. 53

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No mark in A1, CB & EL

Accent in CJ & CK
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In the main text we give the accent of [A2] (→CJ,CK).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 55

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No sign i A1

 in CJ, CK (→CB) & EL
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 56

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

No signs in A1

  in CJ & CB

 & accent in CK

 in EL
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We consider the accent under the grace note in CK to be an inaccurately written  hairpin. This is how the mark was interpreted by Balakirev in CB. The mark, musically unjustified, was omitted in EL.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Balakirev's revisions , Inaccuracies in CK , Revisions in EL