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Op. 28 No. 4, Prelude in E minor

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EE1
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As - Autograph sketch
A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
CGS - Copy by George Sand
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz Copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESch - Scherbatoff copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE1a - Corrected impression of EE1
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1a
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Long accent in A

Short accent in FC (→GE), FE (→EE) & CGS

The accent in A has characteristic qualities of a long accent – it is quite narrow and goes beyond the next quaver. In spite of that, both FC (→GE) and FE (→EE) reproduced it as a short one. It is difficult to say for certain which accent George Sand had in mind in her copy – the mark, although longer than the accent in FE, is very similar to it.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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