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Op. 28 No. 5, Prelude in D major

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b. 33

composition: Op. 28 No. 5, Prelude in D major

 from mid-bar in A

 from beginning of bar in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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An earlier starting point of the  hairpin than in A seems to be an almost insignificant inaccuracy. However, the notation of A may suggest a certain detail, e.g. a correspondence between crescendo and the presence of the separated middle voice, hence in the main text we leave it unchanged. The inaccuracy of both FC and FE shows that adjusting longitudinal marks – hairpins, slurs – to rhythmic structures was not only a mannerism of engravers.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 36-37

composition: Op. 28 No. 5, Prelude in D major

 in A, contextual interpretation

Shorter  in FC (→GE)
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In A this bar opens a new line, while the  mark begins still before the accolade, which suggests that it should start earlier, e.g. in the previous bar. Therefore, it is almost certain that considering it an extension of the  hairpin from the preceding bars, as it was performed both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE), is right.
The slightly shorter mark in FC (→GE) is an inaccuracy of the copyist.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC , Hairpins denoting continuation