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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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Issues : Long accents

b. 316

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Short accent in sources

Long accent suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest a long accent due to the context, typical of such an accent, i.e. a long, syncopated note. In the absence of preserved manuscripts, we cannot verify whether this detail is compliant with the notation of [A], while in Chopin's pieces we encounter numerous examples of inaccuracies (sometimes quite manifest) in the reproduction of long accents by the editions (cf., e.g. the Prelude in F minor, Op. 28 No. 8, b. 1-2). 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents