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Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 27-28

composition: Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

  in A, contextual interpretation

  in FC

  in FE (→EE)

  in GE
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In both  marks in A the top arm is clearly longer than the bottom one. We adopt the range of the top arm, written first, in accordance with the more carefully written mark in similar b. 26. The relatively minor inaccuracies in the reproduction of the   marks in FC were exaggerated in GE, in which attempts were taken at placing the marks in such a way that they fill the entire bars. A similar manner, although only in b. 27, can also be seen in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , Unclear hairpins in A , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 32

composition: Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

Long accent in A (→FC→GE)

Short accent in FE (→EE)
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The mark in A has all the characteristics of a long accent, which was reproduced in FC (→GE), but not in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 32

composition: Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

 in A (literal reading→FE,FC→GE)

2 short accents in EE

Long accent in A, contextual interpretation
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In A the  mark practically reaches the last semiquaver in the bar and this is how it was reproduced in the majority of the remaining sources. According to us, in this context, Chopin could have meant only a long accent, as he clearly wrote 4 times in the next bar. EE considered – also probably on the basis of the marks in the following bar – that it should be an accent, which was given separately for the right and the left hands. See also the note in b. 33.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions

b. 33

composition: Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

4 long accents in A (→FE)

4  in FC

4 longer  in GE

8 short accents in EE
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The four marks in A are typical long accents, which, however, were reproduced fairly accurately only in FE. The marks in FC are slightly longer, whereas in GE they were adjusted to the length of an entire semiquaver group. In EE, as it was performed in the preceding bar, the marks were considered accents and were doubled (there are separate accents for the right and the left hands).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 40

composition: Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor

Staccato dot in A

No mark in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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The staccato dot visible in A over the chord was ignored both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors of FC