Issues : Long accents
b. 3-12
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composition: Op. 28 No. 3, Prelude in G major
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It is unclear whether the accent in A was supposed to be long or short, according to Chopin. Both FC (→GE) and FE (→EE) interpreted it as short; a short accent is also in FCI (as well as in b. 12). In the main text we also favour a short accent – both the acceleration of the tempo of the Prelude and the shortening of the rhythmic value of this note are an argument for a short, purely dynamic accent. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Long accents , Placement of markings |
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b. 14
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composition: Op. 28 No. 3, Prelude in G major
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It is unclear how to interpret the mark in FCI. Due to the abridged notation of the L.H. part and the manner of writing semibreves more or less in the middle of the bar, it can be considered both a whole-bar hairpin (the mark begins under the d2-b2 sixth, i.e. at the beginning of the bar, and ends close to the end of the bar) and a long accent (it has the right length and position with respect to the sixth). Actually, a similar problem can be observed already in analogous b. 5, in which, however, we consider the mark written in A as a hint on how to resolve this doubt. In the discussed bar we give both possibilities, since the absence of the mark in A does not allow us to directly support any of them; moreover, the mark in FCI is slightly shorter than the one in b. 5. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information issues: Long accents , GE revisions |