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We add a cautionary category imprint: Editorial revisions |
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We reproduce the notation of A, in which the length of the accents regularly decreases, which may suggest, e.g. that they should be each time milder, considering the calando. Such a graphical notation is to be found in a more complex form in the Polonaise in F minor, WN 12, in the autograph of which we can see in b. 79 a sequence of 6 notes marked diminuendo, provided with increasingly shorter accents. In the case of three accents only, it is, however, uncertain whether Chopin indeed wanted to suggest the pianist a certain performance idea; therefore, in the main text we interpret these marks in a standard manner, as long accents (written down inaccurately). This is how they were reproduced by GE1 (→GE2,FE1). The short accents of FESB and the vertical ones of EE are arbitrary changes, while the omission of the marks in GE3 – a mistake. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in GE , Inaccuracies in A |
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete
category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Accompaniment changes |
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composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A |
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On the 2nd beat of each of these bars, the R.H. top voice is written down in AsI in twice as long rhythmic values than suggested by the time signature and the relation to the bottom voice: category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information issues: Dotted rhythms and triplets |
before f1 in the main text.
. Regardless of the mistake (cf. b. 45-46), it definitely means that the last notes of both voices should be performed simultaneously. However, a change introduced into 
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